At-Large Position 4
In the News
Coverage of Council Member Alejandra Salinas in local, state, and national media.
July 2026
- Style Magazine: Council Member Alejandra Salinas Proposes Right to Air Conditioning Ordinance for Houston Renters
- KPRC 2: Houston ordinance would require landlords to provide working A/C
- Houston Chronicle: Landlords would be required to provide air conditioning to renters under proposed Houston ordinance
- Houston Chronicle: Houston needs the truth about the ICE shooting. Investigate now. | Opinion
- KPRC 2: ‘We need the facts’: Houston leaders, LULAC call for independent investigation into deadly ICE shooting
- Fox 5 Atlanta: ICE Houston shooting: Man killed by ICE officer near Canal Street, Wayside Drive
- Defender Network: Houston expands assistance to cover $5 trash fee citywide
June 2026
- Community Impact: Houston approves plan that includes 5-year list of projects
- Houston Chronicle: Houston passes $18B infrastructure plan as a new monthly trash fee begins and bond election looms
- Prensa de Houston: Houston dará ayuda para pagar la nueva tarifa de basura: quién califica
- ABC 13: Houston city leaders take big step on trash fee relief
- Community Impact: Houston passes assistance fund to help qualified residents with new $5 fee
- Houston Chronicle: Low income Houstonians can get financial assistance to cover the new $5 monthly trash fee
- Houston Public Media: City of Houston to provide financial assistance for garbage-related fee
- Houston Chronicle: Houston may add a trash fee — but not for some affluent areas. They’ll keep getting city subsidies
- Houston Chronicle: Houston’s illegal dumping problem isn’t new. Why did dedicated funding disappear?
- Houston Chronicle: Houston council members want trash pickup improvements. Here are six ways they might make it happen
- ABC 13: Houston budget amendment would give financial assistance to help those impacted by a trash fee
- Axios: Salinas seeks $3M for illegal dumping
- Outsmart Magazine: Astros Pride Night with Greater Houston LGBTQ Chamber Of Commerce
May 2026
- Community Impact: Budget amendment could put $3M toward addressing illegal dumping in Houston
- KPRC 2: Houston's illegal dumping budget amendment
- Baytown Sun: Baytown native, Texas Woman’s Hospital CEO celebrates hospital’s 50th anniversary
- Houston Chronicle: Houston approves a proposal that allows residents to sign up to speak at council through an online form
- ABC13: Privacy concerns raised as Houston approves second AI traffic camera purchase
- Houston Chronicle: 'Puros bros'? Renaming Cesar Chavez Blvd shouldn't be decided by a bunch of dudes. | Opinion
- Community Impact: Houston council member calls for affordability protections on new proposed solid waste fee
- Houston Chronicle:What do Houston City Council members think of Mayor John Whitmire's proposed $5 monthly trash fee?
April 2026
- Texas Tribune: Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies
- Houston Chronicle: Mayor Whitmire buckled. Houston City Council, stand strong on immigration. | Editorial
- NY Times:Texas Governor Uses Trump-Style Tactics in Fight with Cities Over ICE
- KHOU: In wake of racist rant, calls grow louder to look into HPD officer's arrest history
- Click 2 Houston: Suspended HPD officer still on paid leave after racist Instagram video; meeting set with Houston Police Chief
- CW39: Houston council member pushes back on ICE ordinance changes amid state threat
- Forward Times:What Exactly Did Houston Just Agree To?
- Houston Public Media: Houston City Council approves new HPD-ICE policy intended to curtail coordination on immigration enforcement
- Univision Houston: Ayuntamiento vota a favor de limitar la cooperación del Departamento de Policía de Houston con ICE
- Prensa de Houston: Ordenanza municipal cambia la manera de colaboración entre la policía de Houston y ICE
- The Texan: Houston Prohibits Police from Holding Suspects with ICE Administrative Holds for Federal Officials
- Axios: Houston limits police interactions with ICE
- KHOU 11: After contentious debate, Houston City Council passes ordinance limiting when HPD can call ICE
- Fox 26: Houston City Council passes policy related to HPD involvement with ICE
- KPRC 2: Houston City Council passes ordinance limiting when HPD can call ICE
- Houston Chronicle: Pass the ICE-HPD proposal. Houston police should focus on crime. | Editorial
- Houston Press: Houston’s ICE Ordinance Set for a Vote Next Week
- Houston Chronicle: A plan to limit Houston police cooperation with ICE will appear before city council next week
- Houston Public Media: As Houston residents speak out on HPD-ICE rule, city attorney and police union conflict on policy
March 2026
- ABC 13: Policy faces legal challenge while trying to clarify how HPD responds to immigration enforcement
- Style Magazine: Houston Unions Back HPD Immigration Ordinance by Council Member Salinas
- Forward Times: Houston Considers Prop A as Debate Over Policing, Trust, and Immigration Intensifies
- ABC 13: Policy faces legal challenge while trying to clarify how HPD responds to immigration enforcement
- Houston Public Media: Proposal about HPD-ICE coordination faces hurdle after Houston’s legal department takes issue with ordinance
- Houston Chronicle: Houston plans to rename Cesar Chavez Boulevard after sexual abuse allegations
- Axios: Houston might consider curbing ICE cooperation
- Houston Press: Some Houston Council Members Say No Crime, No Call to ICE
- Houston Chronicle: Finally, transparency and leadership on immigration at City Hall | Editorial
- Houston Public Media: City council members propose new HPD-ICE policy intended to reduce calls about immigration warrants
- Houston Chronicle: "Exclusive: Houston Police and ICE are working closer than ever. Experts now say it may be unlawful."
February 2026
- Outsmart Magazine: "Alejandra Salinas and Elizabeth Hadaway Combine Public Service with Private Devotion"
January 2026
- Houston Chronicle (Opinion): “In Houston, LGBTQ+ candidates show the rest of the country how to win”
- Houston Public Media: "Payment to embattled Nerie Construction again delayed by Houston City Council"
- Houston Chronicle: "Lawyer Alejandra Salinas sworn-in as Houston’s first out LGBTQ+ Latina on the City Council"
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