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Downtown San Antonio flopped in a recent survey of visitors conducted by Centro San Antonio, a non-profit organization that works to make the city center more welcoming.
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The plan developed by a public-private partnership points out the city's median household income, at little more than $53,000, is the lowest among peer cities.
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In other recent business, the city has announced plans to place solar panels at 80 city-owned facilities to directly generate renewable energy back into them.
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg suspended the District 1 representative until an investigation is completed into his public verbal attack on the District 7 representative.
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A San Antonio City councilman wants to explore the installation of “baby boxes” at safe havens like fire stations and hospitals where a newborn child can be surrendered anonymously.
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The city of San Antonio has revised its proposal to return $50 million in unanticipated CPS Energy revenue this summer, but most of the city council doesn’t seem to be in favor of it. Instead, many council members want to see what else it could be used for with suggestions for weatherization, climate change protection and new funding mechanisms for sustainability.
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San Antonio owns CPS Energy and under that model, the city gets about one-third of its annual general fund revenue from the utility. Due to the higher than anticipated energy bills, the city is expected to receive more than $75 million extra revenue from CPS. The city, however, proposes using about $50 million of that extra revenue as a relief to customers.
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Under the resolution, the council made the right to abortion access an official stance of the City of San Antonio. While it changed nothing in state law and does not make abortion legal in San Antonio, it does recommend – but stops short of mandating – that city funds not be used in investigating, reporting, or storing data about abortions.
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The resolution is symbolic, meaning it won't change any city policy or go against state law, but will become an official political stance of the city when advocating to state and congressional lawmakers.
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The San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved nearly $31 million from the American Rescue plan to help local businesses recover from the pandemic.