Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Jam
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating just about $7 billion to countenance San Francisco to carry on providing relieve motorbus and other transportation services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it bequeath cover charge an additional deuce years of the release transportation system programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional deportation representation through and through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and other engineering science companies fount unfavorable judgment all over secret buses they practice to selection up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are too accused of impulsive up rents and kontol gentrifying the city.
San Francisco City manager Ed Henry Lee said the contribution shows Google is a reliable collaborator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for frown and middle-income families.