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About COUNCILWOMAN Teri Castillo
About COUNCILWOMAN Teri Castillo
While some may disagree, we believe that a campaign that draws its power directly from the grassroots is one best positioned to actually respond to the needs of the people within our communities.
Some may have deep pockets or lucrative connections, but the rest of us — we have each other. And together, there’s nothing we can’t do for the sake of our neighbors and ourselves.
To this end, we ask that you chip in whatever you can to help elect Teri to City Council. District 5 belongs to us, the people who call it home. Let’s fight for it together.
About COUNCILWOMAN Teri Castillo
About COUNCILWOMAN Teri Castillo
About COUNCILWOMAN Teri Castillo
Teri Castillo is a community organizer and a historian of Urban Policy elected to represent San Antonio’s District 5. Castillo is the proud daughter of a United States Navy Veteran and migrant farm workers. As a life long and generational resident of District 5, Castillo has committed to ensure our public money works for the people of San Antonio.
Castillo is a proud product of our public schools and attended SAISD’s Burbank High School. Castillo earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and completed her clinical teaching at Fox Tech High School. In 2019, Castillo earned her master’s degree in history with a focus in urban policy from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Since taking office, Castillo has brought historic investment to the people of District 5 nearly doubling the amount of bond investment at $95.6 million dollars and continues to pursue investment in basic infrastructure. Castillo has prioritized preserving and building affordable housing, while moving with urgency to meet our city’s climate goals. Castillo has built a District 5 team that takes a proactive approach responding to constituent needs, ensuring her offices goes out into the field meeting people where they are at, connecting resident to vaccinations, mortgage and rental relief, fire safety, and so much more.
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Neighborhoods| Housing
Neighborhoods| Housing
Neighborhoods| Housing
Together with community, we have:
- Voted to support the largest property tax relief package in San Antonio history
- Secured an additional $9.7 Million for home rehab programs through the 2022 and 2023 fiscal budget
- $14.9 Million in Housing Bond Funding for affordable housing production and preservation
- Secured two Code Compliance Officers for Apartment Inspections
- Collaborated with Congressional office to secure $2 Million for public housing improvements
- Passed a Deconstruction Ordinance leading to the reuse of salvageable building material
Together with community, we will continue to:
- Be accountable to people, not developers
- Be dedicated to securing funds for owner-occupied and home rehabilitation programs
- Commit to equitable economic development
- Lead the effort to mitigate community displacement
- Commit to improving and protecting public housing
- Collaborate with federal and state officials to hold SAHA to the highest standards
- Focus investment where housing is needed most
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Small Business
Together with community, we have:
- Secured over $30.95 Million in small business support
- $20.63 Million Covid-19 impact small business grants
- $5.25 Million to establish a framework to create geographic placemaking
- $3 Million to revive Operation Facelift
- $ 1.45 Million to build capacity for small businesses such as building their web presence
- $ 625,000 Thousand to foster support of local goods by promoting our local history, culture and identity
- Created Operation Rebuild
Together with community, we will continue to:
- Continue to support existing small-business outreach programs
- Explore tax relief strategies for legacy businesses
- Encourage walkability to small businesses by investing in infrastructure and lighting
- Improve small-business conditions by investing in public transit
Safety and Dignity
Transportation| Infrastructure
Transportation| Infrastructure
Together with community, we have:
- Secured over $12.5 Million for the construction of a new Fire Station
- Ensured formerly incarcerated individuals have access to employment opportunities via Ready to Work Programing
- Secured funding for the first time in history to support the San Antonio Youth Commission
- Continues to support and advocate for funding for the Mobile Integrated Healthcare Unit
Together with community, we will:
- Invest in community-led practices and strategies ensuring budgets are aligned with community need
- Expand work and housing opportunities for folks impacted by the criminal justice system
- Prioritize sufficient funding for domestic violence shelters
- Dismantle practices of criminalizing poverty
Transportation| Infrastructure
Transportation| Infrastructure
Transportation| Infrastructure
Together with community, we have:
- Completed over 331 infrastructure projects totaling $16 Million in vital projects
- Doubled funding for the Neighborhood Access Mobility Program from $219,000 to $450,000
- Secured an additional sidewalk crew to ensure we can keep up and work efficiently
- Secured over $34.6 Million for District 5 drainage
Together with community, we will:
- Improve infrastructure before increasing traffic to ensure safety
- Advance citizen-driven multimodal transportation systems
- Identify creative funding for public transportation
Environmental Protection
Transportation| Infrastructure
Environmental Protection
Together with community, we have:
- Voted against increasing your CPS utility rate
- Voted to Establish a Deconstruction Ordinance reducing our carbon emission footprint
- Distributed weatherization kits
- Partnering with nonprofit organizations to clean up District 5 streets and creek ways
Together with community, we will continue to:
- Support innovative water protection measures
- Pledge to prioritize the protection of our cheapest water source
- Champion ecologically sustainable development
- Increase transparency and accountability with our public utilities
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