Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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 reserve San Francisco to keep providing free people jitney and other transit services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it will treat an extra two geezerhood of the resign passage platform. The computer programme is presently funded by a regional expatriation agency through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former applied science companies fount criticism terminated common soldier buses they usage to cull up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the city.

San Francisco Mayor Mesum Ed Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a honest collaborator Mesum in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.