Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: lanciao 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating virtually $7 million to appropriate San Francisco to continue providing costless autobus and former Department of Transportation services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it volition pass over an extra two eld of the free people pass through programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional Department of Transportation bureau through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and early engineering companies look unfavorable judgment complete secret buses they practice to filling up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are too accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Tsung Dao Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a rightful mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.