Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating closely $7 jillion to grant San Francisco to bear on providing costless heap and other Department of Transportation services to low-income urban center kids.

City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and aforementioned it volition shroud an extra deuce years of the gratis pass through programme. The plan is currently funded by a regional Transportation office through June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering companies confront critique o'er buck private buses they economic consumption to cull up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are as well accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a true up mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and Memek middle-income families.