Jones said she still intends to look at ways to improve the process, but asked council members to provide feedback.

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., ...

Jones' decision to back down comes after a contentious City Council meeting where some members criticized her leadership ...

A majority of Gina Ortiz Jones’ colleagues appeared ready to vote down her proposed changes in a future council session ...

San Antonio's mayor said in a new memo Thursday evening that the CCR process would continue as outlined in city ordinance, a ...

In a Thursday night memo to City Council, Jones said she will put off changes until 2026. She also said would talk with council beforehand about how to improve the process.

As Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones doubled down on changing the process for submitting council member proposals, a majority of the ...

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called her memo-outlined changes "enhancements." Some council members assert the issue needs to be ...

A power struggle has emerged at City Hall, with Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones clashing with some city council members over proposed ...

Civil disagreement on issues is part of the democratic process, but there is no place for threats against public officials.

This is the second abrupt departure in mayor's office. Jones' first chief of staff quit after less than a month. Gary Cooper, the communications director, said he didn't quit but was reassigned.

“I'm on the CPS board, and CPS has a contract to surveil for any of those kinds of threats online against any of the board members. So once they flagged it, they shared it with SAPD, and SAPD then was ...