Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Connected Pressure
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating most $7 1000000 to take into account San Francisco to preserve providing loose motorcoach and other DoT services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforesaid it leave cover an extra two geezerhood of the relinquish theodolite computer program. The programme is currently funded by a regional fare means through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other technology companies cheek critique o’er secret buses they function to choice up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are besides accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the city.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a on-key collaborator in addressing San Francisco’s affordability crisis for frown and lanciao middle-income families.