Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program By Connected Jam
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 one thousand thousand to earmark San Francisco to proceed providing free jitney and former fare services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials proclaimed the contribution on Thursday and said it will comprehend an extra two age of the unblock transportation system plan. The programme is presently funded by a regional DoT representation through with June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and early technology companies side criticism over common soldier buses they usage to pickaxe up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are too accused of impulsive up rents and Xnxx gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Gypsy Rose Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a dependable married person in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for depress and middle-income families.