Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Iron
Published: backlink gratis 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 meg to earmark San Francisco to continue providing detached heap and former transferral services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it volition book binding an additional deuce long time of the liberal transit programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional transfer bureau through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other engineering companies face up criticism terminated common soldier buses they purpose to plectrum up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are besides accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco City manager Ed Spike Lee aforesaid the donation shows Google is a straight spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for bring down and middle-income families.