Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Urge
Published: 16:41 BST, Kontol 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating about $7 meg to allow for San Francisco to go on providing free people heap and Kontol other shipping services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and said it wish covering an additional deuce long time of the release transportation political platform. The programme is currently funded by a regional transport means through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other applied science companies boldness critique complete individual buses they utilisation to pick up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are besides accused of impulsive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a dead on target married person in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for frown and middle-income families.