🗳 FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: A rundown of what happened in the May 7 local election: Several city, school bonds and 2 state propositions pass; new mayors for multiple cities
San Antonio voters pass city's largest-ever bond program worth $1.2 billion, including a first-of-its-kind affordable housing portion.before 10 p.m. for the six propositions making up the $1.2 billion bond package. At that point, each of the propositions, A through F, had between 59.9% and 72.4% approval.“The statement tonight is San Antonians believe in each other,” Nirenberg told a crowd at a watch party for the Taking Care of SA campaign, which supported the bonds.
Nirenberg attributed the range of support to familiarity. This is the city’s first bond to include affordable housing after voters approved a charter change in May 2021 to allow for it. $150M for affordable housing - the housing portion of the bond does not include individual projects, but rather broad categories for using the funding, with a focus on helping lower-income households.✅ Two state constitutional amendments aiming to reduce property taxes were approved by a wide margin on Saturday.
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