Bexar County’s budget crisis is heating up as officials unveil a $2.6 billion plan that slashes the shortfall from $145 million to just $42 million—and pushes the deadline back by a year. With plummeting property values and fading pandemic funds, county leaders say this is their toughest budget cycle ever, since they’re unused to declining tax revenue. Instead of cutting services outright, they’re slowing growth: freezing new hires, letting pandemic-funded jobs expire, slashing capital spending, and reallocating flood funds to cover daily operations. Still, $30 million more will be needed by 2028 to stay solvent—and billions more for flood control. Taxes won’t rise, but no cost-of-living raises are on the table. Commissioners are set to finalize the plan before voting later this year.
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