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'''San Antonio''', also known as "Alamo City," is a growing metropolis in south-central [[Texas]], approximately 140 miles northwest of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and 150 miles northeast of the city of [[Laredo]] on the [[Mexico|Mexican border]], and 197 miles west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The seat of government of Bexar County, San Antonio covers 368.6 square miles. It is predominantly [[Latino]]. Less than a third of the population is Anglo. Nearly 7 percent of the population is [[African American]].<ref>http://www.sachamber.org/relo/general_info.php</ref>
'''San Antonio''', also known as "Alamo City," is a growing metropolis in south-central [[Texas]], approximately 140 miles northwest of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and 150 miles northeast of the city of [[Laredo]] on the [[Mexico|Mexican border]], and 197 miles west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The seat of government of Bexar County, San Antonio covers 368.6 square miles. It is predominantly [[Latino]]. Less than a third of the population is Anglo. Nearly 7 percent of the population is [[African American]].<ref>http://www.sachamber.org/relo/general_info.php</ref>
When its [[leftist]] mayor, [[Julian Castro]] joined the [[Barack H. Obama]] Cabinet, he was succeeded by a moderately [[conservative]] African-American, Ivy Taylor. In an upset election outcome in June 2015, Taylor as the interim mayor, defeated a liberal Hispanic, Leticia Van de Putte, a former member of the Texas State Senate who ran unsuccessfully against her colleague [[Dan Patrick]] for lieutenant governor in 2014.
When its [[leftist]] mayor, [[Julian Castro]] joined the [[Barack H. Obama]] Cabinet, he was succeeded by a moderately [[conservative]] African-American, Ivy Taylor. In an upset election outcome in June 2015, Taylor as the interim mayor, defeated a liberal Hispanic, Leticia Van de Putte, a former member of the Texas State Senate who ran unsuccessfully against her colleague [[Dan Patrick]] for lieutenant governor in 2014. In 2017, Taylor was unseated after less than three years in the position by the more [[liberal]] candidate, [[Ron Nirenberg]].
==Climate==
==Climate==