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Treviño embraces controversy in District 1 City Council race Brian Chasnoff, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail San Antonio Board of Realtors The polarizing issues of homelessness, police reform and redevelopment of the Alamo are among those animating the City Council race in District 1, where Councilman Roberto Treviño is seeking re-election to a final term and attempting to fend off five challengers. Most of Treviño’s opponents in the downtown district have never held an elected office. Only Lauro Bustamante, 70, has won a past race; the attorney was elected to the board of the Edwards Aquifer Authority in 2006 but has since left the post. ....
The board is set: More than 80 candidates running for San Antonio mayor and City Council FacebookTwitterEmail San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and City Council District 6 member Greg Brockhouse shake hands at the end of a mayoral debate at the Wyndham Riverwalk on April 3, 2019. Nirenberg defeated Brockhouse in a runoff that year for a second term; there will be a rematch between the two men in the May 1 city elections.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The slate of candidates for San Antonio mayor and the city’s 10 council seats on the May 1 ballot is set. After Friday’s deadline for filing, city records showed 81 people are running for a spot on the City Council in a race defined by the human and economic toll inflicted on the city by COVID-19 as well as a reckoning over the power of the San Antonio Police union in the wake of a public demand for law enforcement reform. ....