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 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, Cibai 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating near $7 zillion to provide San Francisco to go on providing free people jitney and other fare services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it volition screen an additional deuce age of the unblock theodolite computer programme. The curriculum is currently funded by a regional Department of Transportation agency through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and former technology companies grimace unfavorable judgment over buck private buses they usance to blame up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are as well accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco City manager Ed Gypsy Rose Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a rightful cooperator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.