Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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 1000000 to take into account San Francisco to stay on providing disembarrass double-decker and early shipping services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it will pass over an additional deuce years of the exempt transit program. The programme is presently funded by a regional fare agency through with June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering companies aspect critique o'er individual buses they usance to picking up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco City manager Ed Gypsy Rose Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a lawful married person in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for Kontol lower and middle-income families.