Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









e-mail



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating well-nigh $7 jillion to reserve San Francisco to uphold providing spare motorcoach and former shipping services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it volition covering fire an additional two days of the gratis passage programme. The computer program is currently funded by a regional transport representation through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former applied science companies confront criticism concluded buck private buses they practice to pick up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are too accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the city.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Tsung Dao Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a true spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and cibai middle-income families.