MARIO BRAVO

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.

As the city of San Antonio reaches<a href="https://www.ksat.com/weather/2021/12/31/record-challenging-warmth-quickly-turns-into-a-freeze/"> freezing temperatures </a>Sunday night and into Monday, officials are asking residents to take precautions.

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.

City staff recommended spending federal coronavirus recovery funding on COVID-19 response and immediate needs such as utility assistance.

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Though two separate council members suggested decreasing the property tax rate, both budget proposals failed on Thursday.

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.

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District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo's interest in politics started while he was a mechanical engineering student at UT-Austin.

The city of San Antonio removed eight people experiencing homelessness from the City Council District 1 field office's property.

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.

Saturday's runoff election is sending four new faces to city council, all of whom ran on progressive platforms and two of whom beat incumbents. District...

In a race between self-styled progressives, Mario Bravo hammered the seven-year incumbent for hosting unhoused people at his district office.

It’s a cloudy Monday morning when District 1 candidate Mario Bravo, 45, connects to our Zoom call from his backyard. Bravo was one of six candidates who ran for the District 1 seat on San Antonio City Council. On Election Day, a total of 12,569 votes were cast in the downtown district. READ MORE: District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño fights for a fourth termThis is Bravo’s second run for public office. Though Bravo came in third in the Democratic primary, he says the experience helped refine the way he communicates with the voters.

It’s an early Wednesday afternoon and I’m speaking with Roberto Treviño, one of San Antonio’s boldest progressives currently in elected office, about the final stretch of his District 1 council runoff against environmental activist Mario Bravo. “They are compassion, equity, and simply being thoughtful about everyone,” he says via phone with a warm, raspy voice. As an outspoken housing advocate, Treviño has fought for initiatives like the Under 1 Roof program and the City’s emergency housing assistance program. Regardless of the electoral outcome, Treviño believes he’s made a difference in the way local government operates. “A fourth term is very important to me because of all these programs that I’ve started that I want to see through,” he says.

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.

San Antonio residents within select districts will have their last chance to cast their ballot for the 2021 City Council runoff elections Saturday.

Five City Council districts will head to a runoff next month

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.

Three incumbent San Antonio council members earned sizable early voting leads, while seven races remain close.