Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 million to permit San Francisco to proceed providing relinquish motorcoach and early transportation services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the donation on Thursday and said it wish pass over an additional two age of the costless transit political program. The programme is currently funded by a regional transit representation through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other engineering companies confront unfavorable judgment all over private buses they use to plectron up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are likewise accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco City manager Ed Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a reliable mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for kontol let down and middle-income families.