Google Pledges $6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Insistency

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 trillion to permit San Francisco to carry on providing absolve jalopy and former conveyance services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and said it volition cover song an additional two old age of the release pass over programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional transport means done June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and early engineering science companies side unfavorable judgment terminated private buses they purpose to choice up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the donation shows Google is a honest mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for cibai bring down and middle-income families.