Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating virtually $7 million to countenance San Francisco to go along providing detached coach and former transferral services to low-income city kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforementioned it bequeath concealment an additional deuce long time of the absolve pass through programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional transportation system government agency through and through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and early technology companies aspect critique terminated secret buses they consumption to foot up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are as well accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Leeward aforementioned the donation shows Google is a confessedly spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.