Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
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Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: 16:41 BST, lanciao 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nearly $7 1000000 to allow for San Francisco to retain providing unblock bus and former transferral services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it will enshroud an additional deuce eld of the liberal transportation system programme. The political program is presently funded by a regional exile representation through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and early applied science companies face criticism concluded private buses they manipulation to nibble up employees in San Francisco. Applied science workers are as well accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Spike Lee said the contribution shows Google is a avowedly spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for glower and middle-income families.