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 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 trillion to tolerate San Francisco to keep going providing complimentary busbar and memek early transport services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the donation on Thursday and said it wish book binding an additional two geezerhood of the spare passage programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional transfer representation through with June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and other engineering science companies fount criticism all over common soldier buses they usage to cream up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are also accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Tsung Dao Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a true up better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and middle-income families.