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San Antonio mayor and new City Council pledge housing, infrastructure and public safety
Summary
At an inauguration ceremony, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the newly sworn San Antonio City Council outlined priorities for the 2025–2029 term including housing, sidewalks and streets, public safety and preventing displacement amid a projected budget shortfall.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the newly sworn City Council used their inauguration remarks to outline policy priorities for the 2025–2029 term, emphasizing housing, infrastructure and public safety.
The remarks, given during the public inauguration ceremony at San Antonio City Hall, framed the next four years as a period for addressing housing affordability and preventing displacement, repairing roads and sidewalks, strengthening public-safety resources and confronting an expected budget shortfall in 2026 and 2027.
The new council and mayor said they will prioritize residents’ day-to-day needs. Council member Marina Alderete Gavito cited infrastructure work already completed in her district and called for continued investment: “We invested over $12,000,000 to repair 143 streets and we filled thousands of potholes,” and she said the city dedicated nearly $5,000,000 to new and improved sidewalks. Council…
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