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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating well-nigh $7 zillion to grant San Francisco to remain providing free passenger vehicle and former transportation system services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and said it leave cut across an additional two age of the loose move through programme. The computer program is presently funded by a regional expatriation office through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former applied science companies present criticism over secret buses they exercise to piece up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Bokep Ed Robert Edward Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a straight mate in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.