MARIO BRAVO

More police presence is coming to one of San Antonio’s fastest-growing areas in the heart of the city.

San Antonio will be the first Texas city to participate in the privately funded Lights On! program.

District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval plans to start a new job at the end of the month, leaving City Council to appoint a replacement.

A one-two punch of COVID-19 and construction could be the fall of several small businesses. San Antonio is now providing financial aid in the form of the COVID-Construction Recovery Grant Program.

Small businesses in 15 construction zones would be eligible of grants for up to $35,000, but some worry that's not enough.

San Antonio city council is going to consider $2.25 million in relief for businesses that have been hurt by ongoing construction.

The proposed $2.25 million relief package would come from American Rescue Plan funds.

Bravo is considered a vulnerable incumbent and already has drawn a handful of opponents with impressive résumés and community connections.

Between the devastating Uvalde mass shooting to Hispanic Elvis, here are the top news stories that affected San Antonio.

All but one redrawn district favored Democrat Beto O’Rourke by wide margins in November, according to data from Flagship Campaigns.

Bravo walked the popular strip on Wednesday with City Manager Erik Walsh, the project manager from SpawGlass and City of San Antonio Public Works inspectors, according to a release from Bravo’s office.

The City of San Antonio on Tuesday released a video requested by KSAT showing a confrontation that happened before a city council meeting in September.

Following the scandals and “no-confidence” votes on two city council members, Mayor Ron Nirenberg reshuffled City Council assignments Monday, stripping one member’s assignments and restoring another to a more active role on council.

Mario Bravo and Ana Sandoval will no longer serve on City Council committees together, and Clayton Perry will be removed from all committees.

San Antonio City Council voted on the motion to censure and give a vote of no confidence to Councilman Mario Bravo on Thursday over his outburst.

Bravo's parents and current girlfriend spoke in defense of his character, trying to persuade council members not to sanction the first-term councilman.

In a public rebuke of one its own members Thursday morning, the San Antonio City Council censured and passed a no-confidence vote on Councilman Mario Bravo (D1).

The San Antonio City Council is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to censure District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo and issue a vote of “no confidence” over his angry confrontation with District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval.

Despite the public rebuke of Bravo's actions, the District 1 councilman won't be removed from his position.

A spokesman texted a statement from the Mayor to KSAT Tuesday morning, saying, “If the details in the police report regarding Sunday night are accurate, Councilman Perry should resign.”

Opinion: Politically, Bravo is toast. However, the District 1 City Council member was elected by voters, not by his colleagues.

An investigator found that Bravo's attack on Councilwoman Ana Sandoval violated city equal employment opportunity, anti-harassment and workplace violence directives.

An agenda posted for next week's San Antonio City Council meeting says Mario Bravo violated City's anti-harassment, violence policies

An investigation found Bravo’s “actions violated City Council’s rules and expectations that are reflected in City Administrative Directives 4.67 Equal Employment Opportunity/Anti-Harassment and 4.80 Violence in the Workplace,” according to an agenda memo posted online Thursday evening.

City Council will vote next week to formally rebuke Councilman Mario Bravo over an outburst against Councilwoman Ana Sandoval that turned personal.

A San Antonio educator and business owner, Sukh Kaur, is stepping up as the first known challenger to Councilman Mario Bravo's in the May 2023 city election.

After a heated meeting in a church parking lot in September, San Antonio city staff held another St. Mary's Strip meeting.

San Antonio will hold two meetings this weekend to address ongoing concerns about parking and construction on the St. Mary's Strip.

The opening of H-E-B's Frisco store, the first in North Texas, leads this week's top stories after reports that H-E-B may have earned $1M on opening day.

The San Antonio Express-News editorial board calls for city councilman Mario Bravo to resign amid the backlash of his verbal outburst.

San Antonio residents will soon see a piece of $50 million that the city council approved for CPS Energy credits.

The proposed program for the St. Mary's Strip would grant street parking in designated areas only to homeowners during certain hours.

Many purveyors of the St. Mary's Strip responded with memes and cartoons after this weekend's outdoor town hall

Restaurants and bars fear losing business, while residents in the area complain of navigation nightmares and feeling trapped in their homes.

Residents and businesses along San Antonio's St. Mary's Strip received very little in the way of answers over a proposed residential parking pilot.

At the hastily announced meeting, bar owners, staff and patrons said the city's proposal hit them by surprise and could damage their livelihoods.

Councilman Mario Bravo (D1) has been indefinitely suspended from of his committee assignments and any external appointments following an angry confrontation with Councilwoman Ana Sandoval (D7) ahead of the budget vote on Sep. 15.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the actions against the District 1 councilman are 'a preliminary step until an investigation on the events in question is completed.'

Councilman Mario Bravo apologized to Councilwoman Ana Sandoval, his former romantic partner, but still insists she broke her promise to environmentalists.

A report came out Thursday detailing a tirade from Councilman Mario Bravo against his colleague Ana Sandoval that brought her to tears.

A blowup by Bravo ahead of a city budget vote reportedly left council colleague Ana Sandoval, his former romantic parter, in tears.

District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo lit into District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval directly ahead of the city budget vote on Sep. 15, in a confrontation that included personal comments, sources tell KSAT.

With City Council's vote to approve a new budget, CPS Energy customers will get a rebate from the city's surplus utility revenue.

San Antonio City Council approved Thursday its $3.4 billion budget along with the disputed $50 million CPS Energy rebate plan.

The San Antonio City Council is poised to pass a $3.4 billion budget Thursday that includes pay bumps for employees, dozens of new police officer positions, and a property tax cut. But it is unclear whether council members will follow a staff recommendation to send $50 million in extra revenue back to CPS Energy customers or take more time to figure out an alternate use.

Some council members are exploring ways to set aside the more than $80 million windfall to buy more time to debate their options.

After yet another discussion Tuesday on how to spend $50 million of extra CPS Energy revenue, the 11-member San Antonio City Council still appears split nearly down the middle regarding a city staff plan to send most of it back to consumers as bill credits.

With just over two weeks until the San Antonio City Council is scheduled to vote on a budget, the question of what to do with $50 million of unexpected revenue is still up in the air.

The City Council will now wrestle with dozens of amendments to the city's building and land use codes, which will change how the city grows.

The hot temperatures and higher natural gas costs have been pushing up power bills, which increases CPS Energy revenues in turn and the amount the utility passes on to the city. While city staff has proposed giving $50 million back to CPS customers - mostly through bill credits averaging $31 for residential customers- city council members haven’t all signed on to the idea..

Council members interested in spending the $75 million windfall from CPS Energy will lobby colleagues at Tuesday's budget meeting.

Given a $75M windfall from the city-owned utility, members of San Antonio's City Council showed up with different plans for how to spend it.

Asylum seekers have become a familiar sight outside the Migrant Service Center beneath the shade of nearby storefronts, in a retail parking lot accepting donations or temporary work and at other area locations.

The five-year plan will spend a higher percentage of money on programs to benefit low-income CPS Energy customers, officials said.

San Antonio's redistricting committee made more last-minute changes, keeping part of downtown from moving into Teri Castillo's District 5.

The San Antonio City Council approved a new contract for San Antonio Police officers Thursday in a 8-3 vote, immediately putting the new contract into effect.

The contract includes 15% in base pay increases for officers over five years and a 2% bonus payment to be paid within 30 days. The increase would make local police officers among the highest-paid in the state, second to Austin, city officials have said. Union members voted overwhelmingly to approve the contract on April 26. Under the narrower jurisdiction of a third-party arbitrator who reviews officer appeals, the city can better challenge their rulings in municipal court, city officials have said. During that time, however, base pay raises for union members stop and they continue to pay increased health insurance premiums each year.

An unexpected surplus of sales tax revenue funding is making it possible for SA Ready to Work to provide more money to job seekers.

Bravo says this will be the last time until a solution is found.

Calling it a better deal for San Antonio, city leaders approved an agreement that restores a plan to turn Hemisfair into a great public space.

The project would establish dedicated lanes along San Pedro Avenue for a rapid transit bus corridor between the airport and downtown.

You'll want to plan ahead if you're headed to St. Mary's Street.

San Antonio District 1 City Councilman Mario Bravo provided more information about the road blockades along the North St. Mary’s Street strip that will go into effect starting Thursday through Sunday from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

A fatal police shooting in San Antonio this week has again raised the issue of how quickly law enforcement video should be released.

Residents and bar owners in the Tobin Hill community have been looking for a way to find a peaceful compromise on crime and noise issues plaguing the neighborhood for some time.

The purchase of the struggling downtown hotel could be the largest yet for an Arizona-based nonprofit with an unusual structure.

It won't be voted on until spring or summer.

While pushing for a rate increase, CPS Energy had promised an outside review of its operations. Now, council members say the utility is following through.

The City of San Antonio has decided to postpone the consideration by the HDRC on a plan to remove some heritage trees at Brackenridge Park.

Members of the public have a chance to weigh in on the Sunken Garden Theater renovation at a virtual town hall meeting Monday at 6 p.m.

Several City Council members torn between honoring cuts recommended by citizen committees or supporting public art.

In less than a week, the San Antonio City Council will vote on the first CPS Energy rate increase in eight years, but it’s not clear yet if there are enough votes to pass it.

CPS energy wants to raise rates. They say it’s needed to better weatherize equipment, get new equipment, to cover debt from the winter storm and for staff.

The days of cold weather are upon us, and a local councilman is asking for the community’s help to make sure people in our community stay warm this winter.

At least six San Antonio city council members say it’s time to expand the city’s non-discrimination ordinance (NDO) to include private businesses.

The City Council on Thursday adopted a $3.1 billion budget for the 2022 fiscal year that restores many cuts made over the past two years, focuses on critical community needs, responds to crises differently and makes investments to become a more resilient city.

The second annual ‘Family Pride Night” will take place at Madison Square Park on Tuesday and include live music and LGBTQIA+-owned food and craft vendors, according to a news release.

Under Mario Bravo’s predecessor, Roberto Treviño, the District 1 field office near IH-10 and Vance Jackson, next to the Westfall Library, had been a safe haven for people experiencing homelessness to camp out. The situation has exasperated neighbors in the surrounding area, though, who hope the new councilman will get rid of the camp.

The City of San Antonio will lease a downtown hotel to use as a low-barrier shelter for people experiencing chronic homelessness.

With all the votes counted, the following candidates have been declared winners in Districts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9, respectively: Mario Bravo, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Phyllis Viagran, Teri Castillo and John Courage.

Candidates for San Antonio City Council District 1 are heading into a runoff election and are now focusing their platforms on tackling homelessness in the area.

The City Council District 1 race will head to a runoff between incumbent Roberto Treviño and candidate Mario Bravo.