City Council

Council incumbents Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Phyllis Viagran, Adriana Rocha Garcia, Teri Castillo, Melissa Cabello Havrda, Manny Peláez, John Courage held on to their seats.

With the endorsement of more than a half dozen former district 10 office holders, Whyte cruised to an easy victory Saturday night in the sole conservative district.

Voters in the Rio Grande Valley also cast ballots on Saturday, including decisions on mayors in Pharr and Brownsville and a county commissioners race in the McAllen area.

Election Day is Saturday, May 6.

The District 10 councilman took a leave of absence for an alleged hit-and-run incident in November and a driving while intoxicated charge.

The San Antonio Police Department reports crime against persons and properties were both up for the first eight months of this year compared to same period of 2021.

CPS Energy and SAWS also described other efforts to make their systems more resilient.

The announcement of the special council meeting came one day after the police department released body cam footage of the impaired District 10 councilman following an alleged hit and run.

The video shows SAPD officer Patrick Des Rosiers arriving at Perry’s Northeast Side home just a few blocks away from the accident at Redland Road and Jones Maltsberger.

Perry issued a statement Wednesday saying he hit his head in the accident and can't remember what happened.