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 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating just about $7 one thousand thousand to leave San Francisco to proceed providing absolve heap and other shipping services to low-income city kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it leave underwrite an extra two age of the loose transit programme. The political platform is currently funded by a regional Department of Transportation delegacy through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other technology companies present unfavorable judgment complete secret buses they function to piece up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are too accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a true better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for get down and cibai middle-income families.