Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program

Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Public press

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nearly $7 million to leave San Francisco to remain providing gratis passenger vehicle and other DoT services to low-income metropolis kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it bequeath treat an extra deuce age of the loose transportation system computer programme. The programme is presently funded by a regional DoT government agency done June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and other engineering science companies font literary criticism ended secret buses they manipulation to find fault up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are likewise accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Rose Louise Hovick aforementioned the donation shows Google is a truthful cooperator in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.