Property tax rate increase
San Antonio adopted a $4.4 billion FY 2027 budget closing a projected $158 million general fund deficit partly through the first city property tax rate hike in 33 years, raising the rate about 3.9% from 54.159¢ to 56.288¢ per $100 valuation (roughly $35 more yearly for an average homestead). The 7-4 council vote balanced this with spending cuts and fee increases; Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and three councilmembers opposed it, urging deeper cuts instead amid affordability concerns.
Should San Antonio raise the property tax rate to help close budget deficits and protect services?
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Sources
Texas Scorecard — https://texasscorecard.com/local/san-antonio-residents-face-first-property-tax-hike-in-33-years/
Council approved (7-4) the first city property tax rate increase in 33 years (since ~1992/1993): ~3.9%, raising the rate from 54.159¢ to 56.288¢ per $100 of taxable value.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones — https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/mayor-gina-ortiz-jones-san-antonio-budget-22435331.php
Mayor Jones strongly opposed the tax hike (joined by Councilmembers Marina Alderete Gavito, Misty Spears, and Marc Whyte), calling for deeper cuts, reallocations... and “ruthless fiscal responsibility” amid an “affordability crisis.”
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Support larger tax increases plus new revenues to expand social services and reverse past underfunding
- Approve the modest rate hike to protect core services while pairing it with targeted cuts
- Keep the current rate and close gaps only through efficiencies and fee adjustments
- Reject any tax hike and require deeper across-the-board spending cuts instead
- Cut taxes further by eliminating non-essential programs and privatizing more city functions