Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, upi.edu 28 February 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating well-nigh $7 million to let San Francisco to keep providing loose bus and Memek early transfer services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and said it volition extend an additional deuce eld of the disengage passage programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional transportation delegacy through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and Memek former engineering companies look unfavorable judgment all over secret buses they use to peck up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the city.

San Francisco City manager Ed Gypsy Rose Lee said the contribution shows Google is a genuine spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for bring down and middle-income families.