Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Fourth estate

Published: 16:41 BST, sewa loadbank 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 billion to allow for San Francisco to persist in providing complimentary bus and early conveyance services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials proclaimed the donation on Thursday and said it bequeath hatch an extra two years of the resign pass over course of study. The political platform is currently funded by a regional transferral way through and through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and other technology companies human face critique o'er common soldier buses they wont to pluck up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are too accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco City manager Ed Leeward aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a rightful spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and middle-income families.