Amid School Closure, COPS/Metro Secures Commitment for New West Side K-8 School
January 28, 2026
SAISD voted unanimously to close Carvajal Elementary, a 76-year old West Side school serving families in one of San Antonio’s poorest zip codes. While the closure disrupts hundreds of families, COPS/Metro leveraged SAISD’s commitment of $28.6 million in bond funds to build a new,...
Read MoreA Hard-Fought Win for the Southeast Side: COPS/Metro Breaks Ground on San Antonio’s First Police Substation in 30 Years
January 23, 2026
For generations, residents on San Antonio’s Southeast Side have grappled with robberies, shootings, and acts of violence in their neighborhoods and in front of institutions like St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. After years of organizing, COPS/Metro celebrates a major victory - the groundbreaking of...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Calls on SAISD to Reimagine Carvajal Elementary
January 16, 2026
After 15 schools closed at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, Carvajal Elementary is being considered next on the chopping block. COPS/Metro leaders participated in a heated public meeting on the potential closure, while parents voiced concerns about losing their community and native...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Moves Forward
November 06, 2025
COPS/Metro applauds the record number of Bexar County voters who came to the polls and made their voices heard on Proposition B. We respect the will of the voters and the final outcome. We will continue to work to ensure that Public Money is...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Recognized for Going Toe-to-Toe with Billionaires in Opposition to Publicly-Funded Sports Arena
November 06, 2025
Credited by the San Antonio Express-News as "the loudest and most organized opposition" to a publicly-funded luxury arena on the ballot, COPS/Metro boosted voter turnout to historic levels and built leverage to negotiate project accountability and labor protections by holding the measure to a...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Convention: Celebrating 50 Years of ‘Making San Antonio a Better Community’
October 28, 2025
COPS/Metro and West/Southwest IAF celebrated their Jubilee 50th Anniversary Convention, uniting 2,000 leaders from over 43 San Antonio institutions and leaders from sister organizations across 23 cities in the U.S. and Europe. They were joined by academic, religious, business, and political allies, including Founding...
Read MoreWith Early Voting in Full Swing, COPS/Metro Leaders Press on To Defend Public Money for Public Good
October 27, 2025
While the Spurs are pouring millions into mailers to boost Prop B - public funding of a new luxury stadium - COPS/Metro leaders have been organizing for over a year to prioritize neighborhoods over corporate handouts, and are ramping up their Get Out the...
Read MoreFormer COPS/Metro Presidents to Cisneros: 'We're Still Waiting' on a Team for the Alamodome
October 20, 2025
[Op-Ed excerpts by former COPS/Metro Presidents Sonia Rodriguez and Beatrice Cortez, originally published in the SA Current] We are writing in response to former Mayor Henry Cisneros’ recent editorial in the San Antonio Express-News, in which he argues the Spurs could leave if voters...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leaders: There is Little Public Benefit to a Publicly Funded Arena Downtown
October 18, 2025
[Op-Ed excerpts by COPS/Metro Leaders Beverly McClure and Rev. Dr. Jerry Dailey originally published in the San Antonio Express-News] Make no mistake. Bexar County’s Proposition B regarding funding for a new Spurs arena downtown is not about basketball. It’s a test of our values....
Read MoreThe $3 Billion Lie: The Real Cost of Prob B
October 13, 2025
[Excerpts] COPS/Metro Alliance held a press conference on Friday to shed light on what they say is the real cost of Prop B. Organizers say the proposed $1.3 billion Spurs arena downtown will put an extra burden on area taxpayers... Ruben Arciniega is with...
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