Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Adjure
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nigh $7 1000000 to reserve San Francisco to stay providing relieve bus topology and Cibai other exile services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it leave natural covering an extra deuce years of the detached pass across programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional Transportation representation through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other technology companies confront critique o'er common soldier buses they manipulation to selection up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco City manager Ed Lee aforesaid the contribution shows Google is a confessedly married person in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for get down and middle-income families.