A City of San Antonio spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday evening that the City Clerk had verified 20,973 petition signatures - more than the 20,000 required to put the “San Antonio Justice Charter” onto the ballot. The San Antonio City Council is expected to officially order the election during its Feb. 16 meeting.
San Antonio voters will vote on a sweeping city charter amendment in the May 6 election, with marijuana and abortion decriminalization at its center.
A City of San Antonio spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday evening that the city clerk had verified 20,973 petition signatures - more than the 20,000 required to put the “San Antonio Justice Charter” onto the ballot. The San Antonio City Council is expected to officially order the election during its Feb. 16 meeting.
“We’re super excited and happy that we’re going to be on the ballot but know that we have a lot of work ahead to educate and mobilize our community and look forward to having those conversations,” said Act 4 SA Executive Director Ananda Tomas, whose group led the coalition trying to get the issue onto the ballot.
Decriminalizing abortion and marijuana possession are the centerpieces, but the 13-page charter amendment would also make existing policies permanent, like the cite-and-release program, and bans on choke holds and no-knock warrants -- and even expand some of them. It would also create a new “Justice Director” position, which could not be filled by anyone with law enforcement experience.Tomas had previously said the marijuana decriminalization aspect was the biggest reason people were signing onto the ballot, “but honestly, two-thirds of the folks that have signed for us are women, showing that the abortion piece is also the second most-popular option.”“The main concern is it’s chipping away at discretion.
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