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Perry’s full statement didn't give an account of what happened Sunday evening but did explain that he sustained some injuries and spent more than a day at a Brooke Army Medical Center.
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Members of the San Antonio arts community thanked the city council on Thursday for allocating $5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to be help local artists and arts organizations recover from the pandemic.
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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.