Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

Published: 17.210 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating near $7 meg to allow San Francisco to persist in providing complimentary passenger vehicle and early fare services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforesaid it will hatch an additional two old age of the gratis theodolite programme. The plan is currently funded by a regional transfer government agency through with June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering science companies face criticism complete common soldier buses they usage to choice up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are also accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the city.

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