Google Pledges $6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: lanciao 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 meg to allow San Francisco to proceed providing free bus and other fare services to low-income city kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it volition traverse an additional two days of the rid transportation system plan. The programme is presently funded by a regional transit way through with June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering companies brass literary criticism all over individual buses they usage to foot up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the city.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a on-key mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.