Former San Antonio Mayor Julin Castro backs proposition to limit police union's bargaining power
In what amounts to the highest-profile endorsement of the local ballot measure to strip collective bargaining power from San Antonio's powerful police union, former mayor Julián Castro has endorsed Proposition B.
In a video posted to Twitter on Monday, Castro a former Democratic presidential candidate and the Obama White House's housing chief said he supports police and their work but added that they must be held accountable.
He said Prop B, which voters will decide on during the May 1 citywide election, is a way to achieve that.
"Our system of accountability is broken," he said. "In fact, 70% of SAPD officers fired by the police chief have to be rehired because our accountability system is so bad the worst rehire rate of bad officers in the nation."
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(San Antonio Current)