Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Iron

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating most $7 meg to let San Francisco to retain providing complimentary passenger vehicle and other deportation services to low-income city kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it bequeath continue an extra deuce years of the unloose pass through programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional expatriation agency through June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and former engineering science companies cheek criticism over private buses they utilization to cream up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco Mayor Kontol Ed Spike Lee said the donation shows Google is a admittedly spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and Kontol middle-income families.