By Edmond Ortiz Windcrest’s incumbent mayor faces a challenge from the town’s former mayor and a financial planning professional. Focus On San Antonio recently sent questions to filed candidates in contested races, inviting them to share experiences and backgrounds that are relevant to the public office that they are seeking, and to have them offer…
By Edmond Ortiz A past local school board trustee and a small business owner are vying to be the mayor of Cibolo in the Nov. 4 elections, which include races for three council positions. Focus On San Antonio recently sent questions to filed candidates in contested races, inviting them to share experiences and backgrounds that…
By Edmond Ortiz Officials in Balcones Heights, Fair Oaks Ranch, Grey Forest and Helotes are sticking with the basics in their newly passed Fiscal Year 2026 city budgets, which took effect on Oct. 1. Helotes City Council voted on Sept. 25 to adopt an $11 million general fund budget, which will support the replacement of…
Officials at Boerne City Hall (pictured) and their counterparts in Garden Ridge and New Braunfels recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2026 budget for their respective city governments. (Photo by Edmond Ortiz)
Officials at Cibolo City Hall (pictured) and their counterparts in seven neighboring suburbs recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2026 budget, each of which reflects various economic and market challenges that those growing towns are facing. (Courtesy Google Earth)
By Edmond Ortiz Officials in five north San Antonio-area cities have approved a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which started Oct. 1.Here’s a rundown of how those new budgets will affect governmental operations and taxpayers in those suburbs in the new fiscal year: Hollywood Park City Council on Sept. 16 passed a $7.37 million general…
Officials at Alamo Heights City Hall (pictured) and their counterparts in Olmos Park have recently approved a Fiscal Year 2026 budget for their respective local government. (Courtesy Google Earth)
By Edmond Ortiz The city of San Antonio is implementing a new ordinance designed to deter anyone from abandoning an animal inside city limits. What you should know City Council voted 10-1 on Sept. 11 to create a Class C misdemeanor law that penalizes a person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly abandons or releases any…
San Antonio city staff participates in the annual local point-in-time count of people experiencing homelessness in January 2025. Through the city’s new Fiscal Year 2026 budget, local officials seek to bolster homelessness services, including the creation of a new position and more money for the abatement of encampments. (Courtesy San Antonio Fear Free Environment officers)
