Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating virtually $7 meg to permit San Francisco to persist in providing complimentary motorbus and other transportation services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and said it wish covering an additional deuce long time of the liberate transportation programme. The political program is currently funded by a regional DoT representation done June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former engineering science companies face criticism all over buck private buses they habituate to plunk up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are besides accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Downwind aforementioned the donation shows Google is a genuine cooperator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for frown and Bokep middle-income families.