Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

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

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating closely $7 million to leave San Francisco to cover providing detached bus and Memek early transfer services to low-income urban center kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it bequeath overcompensate an additional deuce age of the spare pass over political program. The programme is presently funded by a regional transfer authority through and through June 2014.

The donation comes as Google and former engineering companies confront critique complete common soldier buses they utilization to woof up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are besides accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Gypsy Rose Lee said the contribution shows Google is a reliable cooperator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for Memek lower berth and middle-income families.