Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Public press
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating intimately $7 meg to leave San Francisco to proceed providing liberate bus and other conveyance services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and link anal aforementioned it will cover an extra deuce years of the free move through computer program. The computer program is currently funded by a regional transportation representation through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former engineering companies present unfavorable judgment all over individual buses they employ to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are likewise accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a admittedly better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.