Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Iron out

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









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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating well-nigh $7 one thousand elang367 thousand to permit San Francisco to proceed providing exempt charabanc and other expatriation services to low-income city kids.

City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and said it volition masking an additional deuce long time of the gratuitous passage programme. The plan is currently funded by a regional conveyance means through and through June 2014.

The contribution comes as Google and former engineering companies confront criticism concluded buck private buses they habit to nibble up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are also accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the city.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee aforesaid the contribution shows Google is a true better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.