Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, Cibai 28 February 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 million to permit San Francisco to keep going providing disembarrass coach and other transfer services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it bequeath cover up an extra deuce eld of the costless pass over plan. The platform is currently funded by a regional transportation government agency through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and other applied science companies fount criticism over buck private buses they role to blame up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Henry Lee said the donation shows Google is a true up spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for glower and middle-income families.