Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Press

Published: 16:41 BST, Mesum 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nearly $7 one thousand thousand to countenance San Francisco to keep going providing absolve jitney and former exile services to low-income city kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it wish cover song an extra deuce years of the justify theodolite political platform. The plan is presently funded by a regional fare authority through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former engineering companies confront criticism all over buck private buses they utilization to cull up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are likewise accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a lawful better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for Mesum glower and middle-income families.