>> WE WANT TO BRING MAYOR SAYING IN SAN ANTONIO MAYOR RON NIRENBERG INTO
OUR POST ELECTION DAY COVERAGE
HERE ON KSAT BECAUSE A BIG WIN
FOR THE CITY AND FOR YOU WITH
THOSE 3 POP PROPOSITIONS
PASSING. THANKS TO SAN ANTONIO
VOTERS, WE’VE GOT FUNDING FOR
PRE-K 4 SA WORKFORCE,
DEVELOPMENT AND THE LITTLE BIT
LATER DOWN
THE ROAD. VIA TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENTS ALL OF THESE PAST
REALLY WITH OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT WERE YOU SURPRISED BY
THAT AT ALL.
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>> HONESTLY I’M NOT SURPRISED GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAD SUCH A LARGE TURNOUT YOU KNOW
WHENEVER WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE
TURN OUT TO VOTE WE GET A
BETTER REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF
PUBLIC SENTIMENT. AND CLEARLY WE KNOW SAN ANTONIO IS A COMMUNITY THAT WRECK RALLIES
AROUND EACH OTHER ESPECIALLY IN
TIMES OF NEED.
WE’RE COMMUNITY TO BULLIES AND
ITS FUTURE.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND INVEST
IN OUR FUTURE. AND IN EACH
OTHER SO I WASN’T
A SURPRISE BUT SUCH A LARGE
TURNOUT THAT WE’VE GOT SUCH A
RESOUNDING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAN
ANTONIO, THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR
THE PEOPLE OF
SAN ANTONIO INVESTING IN OUR
FUTURE INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE
OF OUR CITY
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY
OBVIOUSLY THAT’S TRAINING FOR
PEOPLE.
>> WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS
BECAUSE OF COVID-19
THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY SMALL
BUSINESSES
OUT THERE WHO ARE ASKING HOW
ABOUT US SO I’M GUESSING THE
UPPER DOESN’T END THERE IS
THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO HELP SOME
OF THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING
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RIGHT NOW.
>> IT’S HAPPENING NOW. IN FACT
OUR RECOVERY AND
PROGRAM THE RECOVERY PROGRAM
THAT WE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THAT TODAY
AND WE ARE MEANT TO THE SMALL
BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP
SMALL BUSINESSES GET BACK ON
THEIR FEET THAT HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
THAT’S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WE
HAVE THAT RELEASE NOW JUST AS
WE HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM
BEFORE THE READY FOR WORK AS A
PROGRAM KICKS IN. NEXT YEAR
WHEN THE FUNDING START’S
ACCUMULATING WE HAVE
TH CARES ACT FUNDED PROGRAM IN
PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW. SO THERE’S
A LOT OF ONGOING EFFORTS I WILL
SAY IN TERMS OF HELPING OUR
WORKFORCE BE PREPARED FOR
JOBS THAT ARE HERE NOW THAT ARE
THAT ARE
IN DEMAND. THE PAY HIGH WAGES
THAT OFFER ECONOMIC MOBILITY
FOR FAMILIES. THAT’S IMPORTANT,
NOT JUST
FOR FAMILIES. OR FOR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT
FOR
BUSINESSES BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET WHEN
THEY HAVE MORE DISCRETIONARY
INCOME BECAUSE ARE THEY HAVE
STANDING WAGES AND THEY’RE IN
ECONOMICALLY MOBILE JOBS.
THEY’RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND PATRONIZE
BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY SO
EVERYONE IN OUR CITY BENEFITS
WHEN WE HAVE FEWER PEOPLE WHO
ARE SUFFERING IN POVERTY.
AND THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS SO
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RESOUNDINGLY POSITIVE ABOUT LAST NIGHT IS THAT VOTERS IN SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
HAD 750 DOUBT,
750,000 VOTERS, A RECORD NUMBER
GO TO THE POLLS IN THIS
ELECTION CYCLE. AND THE
RESOUNDING APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS
MEANT TO INVEST IN PEOPLE AND
BREAK CYCLES
OF POVERTY. WE’RE GOING
>> WE’RE BACK WITH MAYOR RON NIRENBERG TALKING ABOUT THOSE 3 PROPOSITIONS THAT PASSED
OVERWHELMINGLY BY SAN ANTONIO
VOTERS LAST NIGHT SO LET’S TALK
ABOUT THAT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AGAIN ONE
OF THE CRITICISMS
OF IT WAS THAT THAT WAS SHORT
ON DETAILS NOT A LOT OF
SPECIFICS LAID OUT ABOUT HOW
EXACTLY THAT MONEY WOULD BE
USED NOW THAT THIS HAS PASSED
DOES THE CITY HAVE A BETTER
IDEA OR MAYBE IS DRILLING DOWN
ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS WILL MEAN
FOR THE ROUGHLY 40,000 PEOPLE
IT’S ESTIMATED TO HELP.
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>> YEAH A VOICE A BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT CHARACTERIZATION BECAUSE THE
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM HAVE
BEEN OUT THERE FOR
A WHILE. BUT WE DO SO THE
INDUSTRIES THAT WILL BE
REPRESENTED BY THESE JOB
TRAINING PROGRAMS RD IN DEMAND
JOB TRAINING JOBS RIGHT NOW
THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO FOR INSTANCE IN HEALTH
CARE WE HAVE
10,000 JOBS. AVAILABLE FOR SAN
ANTONIANS THAT ARE UNFILLED
RIGHT NOW SIMPLY BECAUSE WE
DON’T HAVE WORKFORCE WITH THAT
KIND OF STILL IN CREDENTIAL
6,000 JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION AND
TRADE 7,000 JOBS AND
TECHNOLOGY. SO WE HAVE JOBS
AVAILABLE AND NOW WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO
IS PROVIDE JOB TRAINING SKILLS
AND CERTIFICATES FOR WORKERS TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE JOBS AND
THE MONEY WILL GO TO.
NOT ONLY THE TRAINING PROGRAM
ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE WRAP
AROUND SERVICES THAT NONPROFITS
IN THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT
HELPING TO
ANY OBSTACLES THAT MIGHT BE
CONFRONTED BY A TRAINING
PARTICIPANT AND HELP THOSE
OBSTACLES BEFORE THEIR
ENCOUNTER. THERE’S ALSO
EMERGENCY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. ABOUT 5
ABOUT $500 PER PERSON AND
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
EMERGENCIES THAT COMMENT DURING
THE COURSE OF THE TRAINING SO
THE DETAILS OF ALL THAT IS LAID
OUT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
REFINE THAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAM AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE
SPRING AND SOMETHING FALL
LAUNCHED IN 2021 OF
THE PROGRAM ON DECEMBER SECOND
THE CITY COUNCIL THE SESSION TO
GO OVER THE DETAILS OF THAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN YOU
KNOW AGAIN WE LOOK FORWARD TO A
STRONG PARTICIPATION THAT PHASE
ONE OF THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AS
THAT OVERWHELMING DEMAND AND SO
THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEED OUT
THERE. AND THIS PROGRAM VOTERS
HAVE APPROVED WILL HELP TO
FILL. MAYOR RON NIRENBERG
ALWAYS APPRECIATE
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