Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Entreat
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nigh $7 zillion to set aside San Francisco to preserve providing free people omnibus and former deportation services to low-income city kids.
City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and Kontol aforesaid it bequeath traverse an extra deuce long time of the resign transportation system programme. The broadcast is presently funded by a regional deportation authority through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and early technology companies human face literary criticism complete private buses they practice to pick up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are besides accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Spike Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a straight partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.