San Antonio airport to get 420 pound โautonomous security robotโ
The San Antonio City Council agreed Thursday to lease a nearly 5โฒ 5โณ tall, 420-pound โautonomous security robotโ to patrol a secure area of the San Antonio International Airport to check on alarms set off by opened doors. Itโs expected to be deployed within a month.
City Council approves CPS Energy rate hike; increase to take effect in February
The San Antonio City Council voted 8-3 Thursday morning for the second increase in two years of CPS Energyโs gas and electric rates. This latest rate hike is expected to cost the average residential customer an additional $4.45 per month after it takes effect in February 2024.
District 5 councilwoman testifies against school voucher bill, says โit will impact school fundingโ
San Antonio District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo testified against the bill at the Capitol this week. She said, โWeโre seeing these closures because of a low birth rate, the role of charter schools and the lack of affordable housing."
Some sparks fly as council finalizes budget, including fund to assist travel for abortion care
As the San Antonio City Council spent a second day debating last-minute tweaks to the city budget, a proposal that could help fund trips to out-of-state abortion clinics continued to be a point of contention.
SAPD Chief โcautiously optimisticโ on violent crime planโs progress
The number of violent street crimes such as murder, robbery, non-family aggravated assault, and deadly conduct with a victim fell citywide in the first four months of 2023, but some of the worst areas for those crimes saw even bigger drops.
City council passes resolution supporting abortion access
San Antonioโs resolution does not legalize or decriminalize abortion in San Antonio. However, it does make a policy recommendation against spending city money -- outside of what is โclearly requiredโ by state and federal law -- to catalog, collect or share with other government agencies information on instances of abortion strictly to pursue criminal investigations.
City Council to take up resolution supporting abortion access
The proposed resolution would make a policy recommendation to not use city funds -- outside of what is โclearly requiredโ by state and federal law -- to catalog, collect, or share with other government agencies information on instances of abortion strictly to pursue criminal investigations.
SAPD wants to add up to 50 more officers; East and West Side council members against it
Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Councilwoman Teri Castillo were the only dissenting council members in a 7-2 vote on whether to pursue a grant of up to $6.25 million through the U.S. Department of Justice, which would help pay for up to 50 new police officer positions. The pair of freshman council members, who represent the East and West Sides respectively, raised concerns about whether adding officers would help reduce crime and about the increase to SAPDโs budget that would results from it.
San Antonioโs 5-year, $1.2 billion bond program goes to the voters
City council approved the final, $1.2 billion list of bond projects Thursday, including: money for affordable housing, expanding the cityโs greenway trail system, repairing failed streets, and building fire and police stations. It now goes to voters for approval during the May 7 election.
SAHA asks community to โReimagine Alazanโ for its master plan
Derailed primarily by public outcry, instead of a public-private partnership, the San Antonio Housing Authority is asking the community to โReimagine Alazan,โ a master plan for the cityโs oldest and most historic housing project.
San Antonio displaces families, demolishes homes more than other major Texas cities combined, report says
San Antonio is more aggressive than all of the major Texas cities combined when it comes to displacing families and demolishing their homes due to code violations, according to a new report from the University of Texas Austin School of Law.
First draft of 2022 bond program heavy on basics: streets, sidewalks, bridges, drainage
The first version of San Antonioโs record $1.2 billion 2022 bond program contains big investments on basic infrastructure, money to build out the cityโs greenway trails system, and an allotment for a new area - housing.
Castillo, Lopez in runoff to be new face of District 5 in San Antonio
Current Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales is completing her final, fourth term in office, leaving her seat open. Teri Castillo and Rudy Lopez finished at the head of an 11-way race to replace Gonzales in the May 6 municipal election with 2,077 and 991 votes, respectively.