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 Feb 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating closely $7 zillion to earmark San Francisco to go on providing gratis coach and early fare services to low-income city kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it volition deal an additional deuce eld of the disembarrass pass across plan. The programme is currently funded by a regional expatriation government agency through with June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and early applied science companies confront criticism ended private buses they usage to option up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a genuine collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for cibai lour and middle-income families.