San Antonio needs an SAPD audit for local systemic justice
Commentary: Act 4 SA urges the San Antonio community to call for an independent audit of the city’s police department.
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The case for a local-first San Antonio
Commentary: Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito pushes for more accountability and transparency around spending with local businesses.
Don’t let them define us
Commentary: The answer to San Antonio’s economic pains won’t be found in rapid growth alone.
Workforce development is San Antonio’s most immediate path out of poverty
Commentary: San Antonio’s economic woes did not emerge overnight. It is far too soon to write a postmortem on investments that are still taking shape.
Telling a new story about San Antonio
Commentary: With uncanny regularity, big publications cover San Antonio’s poverty. What will it take to tell a new story about our city?
Done right, data centers can help keep San Antonio’s power bills in check
Commentary: How San Antonio can attract data center investment, protect families from blackouts, and keep its electricity affordable.
‘Military City USA’ means protecting voucher-qualified veterans from housing discrimination
Commentary: City Council must pass the ordinance prohibiting discrimination against veterans who rely on federal VASH vouchers.
Who really pays? The hidden cost of source of income mandates
Commentary: City Council should exempt property owners who own 10 properties or less from the veteran housing voucher ordinance to protect local housing providers.
Building a stronger future for foster youth in Texas and across America
Commentary: From right here in San Antonio, to cities across the nation, HUD is bringing policy closer to the young Americans it serves.
San Antonio should incentivize hiring real people over artificial intelligence. Here’s how.
Commentary: San Antonio should add “human points” to its procurement process for local businesses it works with.
San Antonio already has an entrepreneurial economy. The system just doesn’t know where to look.
Commentary: San Antonio doesn’t need to manufacture an entrepreneurial spirit, it has one. The question is how we will work intentionally to support businesses.
My well went dry. Water can’t be an afterthought in San Antonio’s data center boom.
Commentary: As we look at the next wave of data center projects, are we planning for water the same way we’re planning for power?
Construction jobs are San Antonio and they’re building our future
Commentary: AGC president Lauren Mandel argues data center construction jobs will power the future of San Antonio’s workforce.
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