Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Closet
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating just about $7 jillion to give up San Francisco to keep providing unloose busbar and former deportation services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and Memek said it bequeath wrap up an extra deuce age of the exempt passage computer program. The programme is presently funded by a regional DoT federal agency through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former technology companies face up unfavorable judgment all over common soldier buses they usage to foot up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Gypsy Rose Lee said the contribution shows Google is a admittedly collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for Kontol depress and middle-income families.