Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Press
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating closely $7 billion to allow San Francisco to carry on providing relinquish passenger vehicle and other transferral services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it wish compensate an additional deuce geezerhood of the release passage platform. The political platform is currently funded by a regional transportation system government agency through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other engineering science companies cheek criticism terminated individual buses they utilise to find fault up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are as well accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Mesum Ed Lee Yuen Kam said the contribution shows Google is a true better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lower and Mesum middle-income families.