Vote tracker · through September 17
Eleven votes. One rate. A hole that returns in FY2029 either way.
San Antonio is a council-manager city. The mayor is one of eleven votes. As of August 25, 2026, three council members have already tried to kill the tax-rate process. The package is not adopted until September 17[4].
What happens next
- Aug 13
Proposed budget presented
DoneCity Manager Erik Walsh delivers the FY2027 proposed operating and capital budget to Mayor and Council. First property-tax rate increase in 34 years is on the table.
- Aug 17
Council rejects Marvel ballot, 5–6
DoneJones, McKee-Rodriguez, Mungia, Castillo, and Galvan wanted a November vote on the $489M city slice. Kaur, Viagran, Gavito, Gonzalez, Spears, and Whyte voted it down. The operating gap was not on the motion.
- Aug 17
Eleven district town halls
UnderwayCommunity input on the proposed budget, August 17–28. Staff present investments and cuts; residents ask questions. This is not a vote.
- Aug 18
Special session — budget work session
Done2–5 p.m. First deep staff briefing after the August 13 drop.
- Aug 19
B session — budget work session
Done2–5 p.m. Council continues departmental review.
- Aug 19
Midtown TIRZ board: extend to 2060
DoneBoard reviews a 19-year extension so Midtown ($2.6B taxable, ~$10M increment) can fund cultural-corridor projects and, staff says, the arena-site land buy outside the zone. Council still has to vote.
- Aug 25
Special session — Health & Human Services
Done9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 2–5 p.m. Includes Senior and Human Services, the three nutrition-site closures, and related GF programs.
- Aug 26
Special session — budget work session
Done2–5 p.m. Next departmental briefing.
- Sep 1
Special session — budget work session
Next9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 2–5 p.m. Staff flagged TIRZ spending for this date after the Midtown board’s 2060 briefing.
- Sep 2
Public hearing — tax rate and budget
Upcoming5 p.m. Official public hearing on the 2027 ad valorem tax rate and the FY2027 proposed budget.
- Sep 10
Public hearing — tax rate and budget
Upcoming9 a.m. Second required public hearing.
- Sep 17
Adoption vote
UpcomingCity Council A session considers the FY2027 Annual Operating and Capital Budget, the ad valorem tax-rate ordinances, revenue adjustments, and the FY2026 closing ordinance. This is the vote.
The dais
Stance is based on public comments and the process vote on the tax-rate item — not on the September 17 ordinance, which has not been taken. Undeclared means no sourced final position.
Gina Ortiz Jones
Sworn in June 18, 2025. Tried to send Ready to Work to the voters to avoid a tax increase, then lost a 5–6 vote on August 17 to put the $489M Marvel slice on the November ballot. Named Midtown TIRZ as a budget source because it holds some of the city’s highest values — “hard to believe that it’s blighted.” Asked philanthropy to replace $6.5M for 15 nonprofits; nobody wrote the check. Has described the tax path as 8.3% over two years.
Dr. Sukh Kaur
Voted no on August 17 to putting the $489M city Marvel slice on the ballot. Does not want Ready to Work ended early. No final yes/no on the September 17 tax package.
Jalen McKee-Rodriguez
Voted yes on August 17 to putting the $489M city slice on the ballot. No recorded vote against starting the tax-rate process.
Phyllis Viagran
Voted no on the August 17 Marvel ballot item. Has said she wants a longer future for Ready to Work, not a wind-down to patch the General Fund.
Edward Mungia
Voted yes on August 17 to putting Marvel on the ballot. No recorded vote against starting the tax-rate process.
Teri Castillo
Voted yes on August 17 to a Marvel ballot item. Has said TIRZes siphon general-fund dollars, and does not want Ready to Work ended early. Closest thing on the dais to the unused-lever argument — not yet a scored package.
Ric Galvan
Voted yes on August 17 to putting Marvel on the ballot. No recorded vote against starting the tax-rate process.
Marina Alderete Gavito
Nay on the tax-rate process item with Whyte and Spears. Nay on August 17 Marvel ballot. Has said she wants a budget without a property-tax increase, with SAWS and CPS rate pressure already coming.
Ivalis Meza Gonzalez
Voted no on August 17 to a Marvel ballot item. Does not want Ready to Work ended early. No final yes/no on the September 17 tax package.
Misty Spears
Nay on the tax-rate process. Nay on August 17 Marvel ballot. Has stressed household budgets already under strain.
Marc Whyte
Urged colleagues to kill the tax-rate item: “hell no.” Voted no on August 17 to a Marvel ballot item. The City Manager’s office has said rejecting the increase means ~$30M more in cuts — unless Council scores TIRZ, airport, and CPS instead.
Write your council office
Ask them to score the unused levers.
Pick a district. We open your mail client with a short, factual note — TIRZ, airport, CPS, Marvel I&S, no homestead increase. No petition platform, no City Hall server.
District 10: Marc Whyte
Watchlist — what would move the number
- The adopted tax rate, vs. proposed $0.56288 — and whether fees still land on households.
- Midtown TIRZ 2060 extension: $2.6B of value, ~$10M a year, $580–$780M trapped through 2060[16].
- Whether the $185.9M Airport Fund picks up the 27 Terminal C SAPD slots.
- CPS payment booked at $547.8M vs. a floor at the FY26 ~$559M run-rate.
- Extra reserve above the 15% policy used — or grown — in the same ordinance as the rate.
- SAPOA bargaining after the September 30 contract lapse.
- Any FY2029 residual the staff restates before adoption.
- Project Marvel / Midtown land buy moving while the operating gap is still open[22].