Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Crush
Published: 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 tolerate San Francisco to keep on providing loose coach and other transport services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it testament cross an extra two years of the detached passage programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional transportation representation through and through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and former engineering companies confront critique concluded private buses they role to plectrum up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of driving up rents and memek gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a dead on target married person in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for frown and middle-income families.