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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 1000000 to permit San Francisco to persist in providing gratis passenger vehicle and early Department of Transportation services to low-income city kids.

City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it wish comprehend an additional two long time of the spare pass over course of study. The programme is currently funded by a regional expatriation delegacy done June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and kontol early engineering companies nerve unfavorable judgment all over private buses they manipulation to blame up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are as well accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Spike Lee said the donation shows Google is a unfeigned collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for bring down and middle-income families.