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Proposed FY2027 · not adopted

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34 yrs

since the last rate increase

This is your city, not a spreadsheet.

City Hall proposed the first property-tax rate increase in 34 years. On the typical house local reporting uses, that is about $4 a month. The number is small on purpose. The question is not the $4. It is what they refused to touch instead.[11]

So what

You are about to walk a day in San Antonio and see where a $1,760 city paycheck actually goes. Each dollar is $1 million of the General Fund.