Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating intimately $7 billion to allow San Francisco to persist in providing exempt autobus and other transportation services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforesaid it bequeath incubate an additional two years of the exempt transit curriculum. The programme is presently funded by a regional Department of Transportation means through June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and early engineering companies present critique over buck private buses they utilize to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco City manager Ed Bruce Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a true up partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lour and middle-income families.