At-Large Position 4
In the News
Coverage of Council Member Alejandra Salinas in local, state, and national media.
September 2026
- The Cool Down: Houston now requires air conditioning in all rentals, making cooling a housing standard
- Defender Network: Houston mandates landlords to provide AC for all rental units
- Houstonia Magazine: Anyone Can Speak at Public Comment Meetings, But Are Houston Councilmembers Actually Listening?
- Houstonia Magazine: The 2026 Houstonian of the Year Finalists Are In. Cast Your Vote.
- Houston Public Media: Houston officials consider applying for grant tied to immigration enforcement
- KPRC 2: Houston City Council unanimously approves $6.7M contract to keep senior meal, transportation services running
- Houston Chronicle: Love Spells, whose album was inspired by dancing at Numbers nightclub, gets his own day in Houston
- OutSmart Magazine: LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Houston Brunch 2026
- Houston Chronicle: Houston City Council is testing its limits 3 years after voters passed Proposition A
- Courier Texas: Houston delays vote on $150M DOJ grant tied to immigration enforcement for third time
- Latin Times: Houston's $150M DOJ Grant Vanished from the Agenda Again, and the Deadline to Apply Already Passed
- Houstonia Magazine: Councilmember Alejandra Salinas Wants Houston’s City Hall to Be the 'People’s House'
- Kinder Institute: Houston landlords must now provide air conditioning. Can their renters afford it?
- KPRC 2: Pride banners installed on Westheimer in Montrose
August 2026
- Houston Press: Will Houston Trash Service Ever Improve?
- El Economista: Demandan investigación independiente por muerte de mexicano en tiroteo del ICE en Houston
- Telemundo Houston: Houston will give 125 free portable air conditioners to vulnerable residents
- Community Impact: Houston officials to give away 125 air conditioners to residents in need
- Houston Style Magazine: Houston Council Member Announces Free A/C Giveaway as Extreme Heat Threatens Vulnerable Residents
- Univision Houston: Exigen en el Concilio de Houston acciones para que ICE libere a hispano arrestado tras reportar tiroteo
- CW 39: Houston city councilwoman to give away free A/C units to qualified residents
- Fox 26: Houston City Council could eliminate screened window exemption for AC at rental properties
- EZ Home Rental: Houston New A/C Ordinance: What Rental Property Owners Need to Know
- Houston Chronicle: Houston landlords have until December to provide air conditioning to tenants
- Community Impact: Houston now requires air conditioning to be installed in all rental units
- ABC 13: Houston City Council passes ordinance requiring rental units to provide air conditioning
- KHOU 11: Houston City Council clashes with legal department over HPD's ICE interactions
- The Texan: Houston Police Contacted ICE More Than 100 Times in Second Quarter of 2026
- Texas Housers: Houston has passed a Right to Air Conditioning Ordinance, ensuring habitability for one of Texas' hottest cities
- ABC 13: HPD Chief Noe Diaz misses meeting on HPD-ICE coordination, draws scrutiny from council
- Houston Chronicle: Houston City Council sought answers on HPD and ICE. Police leaders skipped the meeting.
- Houstonia Mag: Houston Renters' Rights to A/C Have City Council Divided
- Telemundo Houston: Además de la concejala Alejandra Salinas, ¿quiénes darán aires acondicionados gratis?
- The Sun: Keep cool Residents urged to 'continue fighting' after new AC law threatens with $2,000 fines – & millions are affected
- Texas Observer: John Whitmire Houston Mayor State City Government
July 2026
- Texas Tribune: Crowd packs Houston City Hall to demand action, express anger after ICE shooting
- KHOU 11: Houston councilmember proposes requiring landlords to provide air conditioning in rental units
- The Gilmer Mirror: Crowd packs Houston City Hall to demand action, express anger after ICE shooting
- KPRC 2: Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows
- Texas Tribune: Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows
- KSAT: Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows
- KHOU 11: Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows
- Houston Public Media: HPD called ICE on a woman reporting a violent threat — one of more than 100 calls from April through June
- SAN: Should renters in the South be guaranteed air conditioning?
- Fox 26: Community meeting held in Houston's East End following deadly ICE shooting
- Houston Democracy Project: Teare & Salinas Address ICE Killing-Both Say Public Pressure Must Continue
- Houston Public Media: Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut - July 23, 2026
- KPRC 2: The only time it gets cool is when it rains’: Houston renter supports proposed right to AC ordinance
- Community Impact: Houston council member aims to lock down on unenclosed cargo loads while driving on city streets, highways
- Univision Houston: "Consider ending the partnership between ICE and HPD": Lorenzo Salgado's son asks Houston city council members
- KPRC 2: What Houston can and can’t do about ICE enforcement in the city
- ABC 13: Federal judge says Houston can't consider race when awarding contracts: What does it mean?
- KPRC 2: Houston renters say broken air conditioners leave them struggling through dangerous summer heat
- Houston Chronicle: Houston politicians react to minority business program being ruled unconstitutional by federal court
- 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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