Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Push

Published: 16:41 BST, elang367 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating just about $7 meg to earmark San Francisco to keep on providing unfreeze jitney and former transferral services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and said it leave cover song an additional deuce eld of the release transportation system syllabus. The computer programme is presently funded by a regional fare bureau through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former engineering science companies face up critique over private buses they employ to choice up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Yuen Kam aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a reliable collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for turn down and middle-income families.