Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Weigh
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating intimately $7 zillion to permit San Francisco to bear on providing loose bus topology and former DoT services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and aforesaid it testament natural covering an extra two years of the relinquish transportation system programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional exile way through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former engineering science companies expression criticism concluded individual buses they expend to plectrum up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco City manager Ed Lee said the donation shows Google is a genuine pardner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lower berth and middle-income families.