Four city council members buck Mayor Jones in latest policymaking fight

Members of the San Antonio City Council are bucking Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones once again.

Four members of the council signed a memo on Friday calling for a vote by September 18 to enshrine certain rules regarding council members’ primary policymaking tool, the council consideration request (CCR), in response to an attempt by Jones to prevent an animal abandonment ordinance from receiving a vote last week.

Jones has said all CCRs proposed before the current council was sworn in should be considered expired and gave this as the rationale for her removal of the animal abandonment ordinance from last week’s agenda…

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