Your questions for San Antonio city council district 2 candidates

2). We need to hire more Animal Control officers, if I am not mistaken there are less than 50 officers in a city of 1.2 million which leaves them overworked and unable to address the issue properly. We also need to educate our communities on issues like vaccination, spaying, and neutering which has led to our situation on strays. 3). The homeless crisis needs to be addressed in many platforms, we cannot simply "arrest it away". We need to do a more effective job of coordinating the civic organizations like Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, and other ministries to work together. Simply put we need to create a comprehensive plan that targets mental health, runaways, substance dependency, and domestic abuse which are all drivers of homelessness. 4). Yes, I support the Climate Action Plan and it needs to be funded and implemented." 

Salena Santibanez Guipzot: "1. It's hard for me to address Chick Fil-A without first wanting to address our dire need of housing, public safety and education to increase quality of life for all resident of San Antonio. Let us not get districted by political escapades that only affect the privilege, while half of our district will remain in poverty for the rest of their lives as indicative by the zip code they are born into.  2. It will take a continued effort to educate residents in English and Spanish on the need to neuter their dogs, as well as, funding for educational campaigns and for free neuters throughout the city. 3. As a current board member of San Antonio Regional Alliance of the Homeless (SARAH) and a former homeless child/teenager, I bring a very insightful perspective to addressing homelessness in SA. 4. Yes, I do. It's unfortunate that the CAAP got pushed out to after the elections as this is an issue that is pressing now. The cost does not out way the savings of lives."