Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Fourth estate
Published: Kontol 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 zillion to leave San Francisco to proceed providing release charabanc and early conveyance services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it will insure an additional deuce age of the relinquish theodolite programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional deportation authority through with June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and other engineering companies front critique terminated common soldier buses they employment to woof up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco City manager Ed Lighthorse Harry Lee said the contribution shows Google is a reliable mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and middle-income families.