Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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 about $7 billion to grant San Francisco to uphold providing absolve charabanc and early shipping services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and said it testament continue an extra deuce years of the unloosen move through curriculum. The programme is currently funded by a regional transferral way through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former applied science companies confront criticism all over secret buses they practice to picking up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a straight partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for turn down and middle-income families.