{"id":365093,"date":"2026-07-08T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365093\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:08:09","slug":"ksat-qa-mayor-jones-talks-toyota-plant-expansion-searching-for-new-sapd-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365093\/","title":{"rendered":"KSAT Q&A: Mayor Jones talks Toyota plant expansion, searching for new SAPD chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O\u2019Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the Toyota manufacturing plant expansion on the South Side<\/a> and the city\u2019s search for a new San Antonio police chief<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toyota plans to expand its San Antonio manufacturing plant, which could bring 2,000 jobs and more than $3 billion in investment, Jones said.<\/p>\n

\u201cToyota\u2019s been in our community for a very long time,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt\u2019s a strong partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city offered incentives to secure the deal, Jones said, but acknowledged the negotiations for the expansion as a \u201clesson learned\u201d moment for the city.<\/p>\n

Jones said when a city offers a company an incentive package, a city could also ask the company to return 10% of that package\u2019s value in the form of quality-of-life investments, including childcare or community amenities. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat code doesn\u2019t currently allow for us to also take credit for what we have offered in the incentive package from SAWS and from CPS,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe lost out on $8 million worth of kind of a wraparound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Jones weighed in on how the city is searching for their new police chief after William McManus<\/a> retires from the San Antonio Police Department on Friday.<\/p>\n

Jones wants to find a solution to reduce the workload on the police officers and figure out what prevention measure to invest in.<\/p>\n

Jones cited a broader mix of civilian and sworn personnel as examples of ways to manage both workload and costs. <\/p>\n

Not all police work requires a uniformed officer, according to Jones, and some functions could be handled by civilian employees.<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview in the video player above.<\/p>\n

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