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COPS/Metro Leverages $15 Per Hour Living Wage in San Antonio Draft Budget

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For the first time in city history, the lowest-paid municipal workers are set to begin earning $15 an hour — a major victory for COPS/Metro Alliance, which has been advocating for a living wage for several years.

Scully to Present $2.8 Billion Budget with Flat Tax Rate, San Antonio Express-News [pdf]

 

 

 

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COPS/Metro Secures $400K in New Bexar County Funds via 4-0 Vote

April 30, 2025

In order to expand access to job training for low-income adults who live outside San Antonio's city limits, and at the urging of over one thousand COPS/Metro leaders last December, Bexar County Commissioners voted to invest $400,000 dollars in Project Quest for the first...

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East Side Leaders: No More Broken Promises for East Side Economic Development

April 28, 2025

“We were told there will be jobs for the communities, hotels, restaurants, stores — empty promises,” said Darīus Lemelle, a leader with St. Paul United Methodist Church-COPS/Metro during a community stakeholders meeting in January. “That we see leaders continue to allow these developers to...

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