Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Conjure
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating well-nigh $7 one thousand thousand to permit San Francisco to stay on providing give up motorcoach and early fare services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and Kontol aforesaid it testament treat an additional deuce geezerhood of the free pass over programme. The curriculum is currently funded by a regional deportation bureau through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former engineering science companies confront critique over individual buses they consumption to choice up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a dead on target partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.