Press and Updates

September 30, 2020

On Sunday September 27th 500+ COPS/Metro Leaders attended our Accountability Session where their institutions committed to deliver 50,000 votes for the November election. Thirteen candidates attended to declare their support for COPS/Metro's agenda of issues on Workforce Development, Police Reform, Education and others. Check...

September 09, 2020

[Excerpt] About five years ago, COPS/Metro sought and won “living wage” minimum pay for City workers, resulting in raises for about 20 percent of the civilian workforce. They won similar measures from Bexar County, and some school districts followed suit. Now two measures on...

August 21, 2020

[Excerpt] Less than two months before early voting begins, Mayor Ron Nirenberg has called in several heavy hitters to steer his campaign to use a sales tax to help residents get back to work after they lost their jobs to the coronavirus. The campaign,...

August 14, 2020

[Excerpt] Voters will be asked to approve a 1/8-cent sales tax to fund job training and college degrees for San Antonians who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money also would help participants pay rent and other living expenses while they...

August 12, 2020

[Excerpt] Since the onset of the pandemic, COPS/Metro with our allies, Project QUEST and the Alamo Colleges, have led the way to ensure San Antonians whose lives have been shattered by the economic free fall can re-enter the workforce equipped with new skills and...

June 29, 2020

[Excerpt] City council unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday requiring landlords and property managers to provide a document called a “notice of tenant’s rights” to tenants they want to evict, a measure they hope will curb evictions locally during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The...

May 11, 2020

[Excerpt] COPS/Metro, a network of grassroots community and religious organizations, wants $200 million of the city’s and county’s stimulus funds to underwrite what it describes as a GI Bill for the working poor. After beefing up the city fund for emergency housing assistance, COPS/Metro...

May 04, 2020

[Excerpt] While it likely won’t address every need that arises from the economic downturn, [a new City program that provides $25 million in financial relief for San Antonio residents] has been touted as an example of how local government can partly fill a gap for families...

April 27, 2020

[Excerpts below] With a 10-1 vote, City Council increased its housing assistance program Thursday by nearly $25 million to help as many as 20,000 families pay rent, utilities, and internet bills and provide cash to purchase groceries, gas, and medicine as they cope with...

April 15, 2020

[Excerpts] COPS/Metro representatives will be making the rounds with City Council staffers this week, pushing for a rent-control measure to reduce the stress weighing down working families during the COVID-19 outbreak. With stay-at-home policies shutting down much of our business activity, the biggest victims have...