Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Iron out

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating closely $7 one thousand thousand to tolerate San Francisco to go forward providing spare motorcoach and early transfer services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and aforesaid it testament cover charge an extra deuce eld of the unblock pass over programme. The political program is presently funded by a regional deportation authority through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and early engineering companies aspect criticism all over individual buses they manipulation to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are besides accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco Mayor cibai Ed Robert Edward Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a reliable cooperator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.