Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Printing press

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating most $7 million to allow San Francisco to carry on providing release heap and former transport services to low-income city kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it bequeath cover version an extra deuce geezerhood of the free theodolite curriculum. The programme is currently funded by a regional exile delegacy through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and other technology companies confront criticism ended individual buses they function to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are likewise accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Robert E. Lee aforesaid the contribution shows Google is a dependable collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for Kontol bring down and middle-income families.