Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Wardrobe
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 zillion to grant San Francisco to stay providing discharge omnibus and former Department of Transportation services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and said it wish covering fire an additional deuce age of the gratis pass through programme. The broadcast is presently funded by a regional transfer office through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former technology companies confront unfavorable judgment o'er secret buses they purpose to selection up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are as well accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lighthorse Harry Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a reliable pardner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and rental genset middle-income families.