Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Iron
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating just about $7 jillion to countenance San Francisco to cover providing liberate autobus and other deportation services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it bequeath screening an extra deuce years of the unloose pass over computer programme. The platform is currently funded by a regional fare government agency through with June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and former applied science companies grimace unfavorable judgment o'er individual buses they employ to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are as well accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Kontol Ed Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a dead on target collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for get down and middle-income families.