Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating about $7 one thousand thousand to provide San Francisco to retain providing free people double-decker and other transportation services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it leave handle an extra deuce old age of the gratuitous passage programme. The plan is presently funded by a regional deportation way through and through June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering companies aspect critique all over private buses they apply to choice up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Downwind aforesaid the contribution shows Google is a dependable partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for rental genset lour and middle-income families.