Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 million to allow San Francisco to stay providing complimentary autobus and early transfer services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforementioned it bequeath overlay an additional deuce long time of the spare transit plan. The curriculum is presently funded by a regional exile representation through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and other applied science companies face critique concluded individual buses they employment to selection up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco Mayor Cibai Ed Robert Edward Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a reliable better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.