San Antonio

A task force created by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones released a report Wednesday recommending nine strategies to increase voter participation in San Antonio and Bexar County through year-round civic engagement efforts.

San Antonio officials said some neighborhoods experience temperatures more than 10 degrees higher than other parts of the city and are expanding heat mitigation efforts to reduce those disparities as periods of extreme heat become more frequent.

James Branch, chief of staff to San Antonio District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, left City Hall on Monday after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones publicly identified him as a city employee who had access to information related to her security detail during an internal leak investigation.

A city commission approved plans for a shopping center on a former commercial fueling station in downtown San Antonio, even as District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur continued efforts to have the property donated to the city’s Parks Department.

The City of San Antonio’s Office of Emergency Management is seeking public feedback through July 31 to help update the city’s Hazard Mitigation Plan and strengthen future disaster preparedness efforts.

Southwest Research Institute has joined a proposal to establish a national lunar research center in San Antonio, including plans for a 180-acre site that would replicate the moon’s surface near the institute’s main campus on Culebra Road.

The San Antonio Botanical Garden defended its public funding as city officials consider eliminating its annual subsidy to help address a projected $158 million budget shortfall.

San Antonio city staff recommended the city’s first property tax rate increase in 33 years as part of a proposed 2027 budget presented to the City Council last week to address a projected budget deficit that could reach $157.7 million by 2028.