Alyssa Garza
TX · San Marcos City Council, Place 3
Alyssa Garza is a community organizer who has served on the San Marcos City Council since 2020 and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology. Her priorities are affordability, infrastructure, public safety and responsible growth, and making city government easier to navigate.
Where Alyssa Garza stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (4 records),
Opposes
Housing Affordability (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Seconded and voted for a ban on data centers in every San Marcos zoning district on June 16, 2026. The ban passed 4-3.
June 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a proposal to ban data centers in every San Marcos zoning district on April 21, 2026; it failed 3-4. She also voted to require a council-approved permit for any data center, which passed 6-1.
April 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Moved to deny a land-use change for a proposed data center on about 200 acres on Francis Harris Lane. The denial passed 5-2 on Feb. 17, 2026. She also voted against postponing the decision.
February 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted on Sept. 15, 2026, to keep the city property tax rate at 65.15 cents per $100, bringing in $7.1 million more in property taxes; it passed 7-0. She also voted for a 5.8% stormwater rate increase instead of 3%, which passed 5-2.
September 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against a 3.4% water and wastewater rate increase on Sept. 1, 2026, saying she still had questions; it failed 3-3. She then moved to reconsider it and voted yes, and it passed 5-2.
September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted on Nov. 5, 2025, to extend the police and firefighter union contracts to 2027 with base-pay raises of 5% for police and 4.5% for firefighters. Both passed unanimously.
November 5, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: communityimpact.com
Cast the only vote against a tax incentive deal for a new Buc-ee's on March 5, 2024. The deal gives back half of the store's city sales taxes for 15 years; it passed 5-1.
March 5, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: haysfreepress.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted on Nov. 5, 2025, to extend the police and firefighter union contracts to 2027 with base-pay raises of 5% for police and 4.5% for firefighters. Both passed unanimously.
November 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: communityimpact.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 4 support
Voted on June 3, 2025, to reject adding 19 Flock license plate reader cameras for police. The denial passed 5-2.
June 3, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: communityimpact.com
Voted on Feb. 7, 2023, to repeal the city's contract with the police officers' union after a citizen petition pushing for more police oversight. The repeal passed 4-3.
February 7, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: communityimpact.com
Voted against renewing the city's juvenile curfew on Dec. 14, 2022. It passed 5-2 after residents called the curfew discriminatory and ineffective.
December 14, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: communityimpact.com
Publicly backed the Mano Amiga petition to decriminalize marijuana in San Marcos on June 1, 2022. She said the council had a duty to let voters decide it.
June 1, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kut.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Voted on Jan. 5, 2021, against annexing 73 acres off Harris Hill Road and against rezoning it for a manufactured home community. The annexation passed 5-2, and the zoning change failed 3-4.
January 5, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: communityimpact.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Voted on Sept. 15, 2026, to keep the city property tax rate at 65.15 cents per $100, bringing in $7.1 million more in property taxes; it passed 7-0. She also voted for a 5.8% stormwater rate increase instead of 3%, which passed 5-2.
September 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted on Sept. 1, 2026, to raise the fees new development pays for water and sewer capacity, phased in by March 2027. She argued against delays, saying they kept costs on ratepayers. The increase passed 6-1.
September 1, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against a 3.4% water and wastewater rate increase on Sept. 1, 2026, saying she still had questions; it failed 3-3. She then moved to reconsider it and voted yes, and it passed 5-2.
September 1, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Voted against a permit and a height exception for a 75-foot student housing building at 325 North Comanche Street on June 16, 2026. Both passed 5-2.
June 16, 2026
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against final approval of summer weekend and holiday entry fees at Rio Vista Park, which exempt local residents. The fees passed 5-2 on April 7, 2026.
April 7, 2026
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a city law protecting renters' right to organize, with penalties for landlords who violate it. It passed unanimously on Oct. 21, 2025.
October 21, 2025
Source: universitystar.com
Co-proposed a council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and voted for it early on May 7, 2025, at the May 6 council meeting. It failed 5-2 after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to cut state grants to the city if it passed.
May 7, 2025
Source: kut.org
Was chosen mayor pro tem by the council on Nov. 16, 2023, in a 4-3 vote. The mayor pro tem fills in when the mayor is absent.
November 16, 2023
Source: universitystar.com
Won re-election to City Council Place 3 with no opponent on Nov. 7, 2023, receiving 3,947 votes.
November 7, 2023
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against the $321 million city budget on Sept. 19, 2023. It raised the typical property tax bill about 15% and raised fees, and passed 5-2. She said it did too little on homelessness, jobs and affordable housing.
September 19, 2023
Source: communityimpact.com
Cast the only vote against the new police union contract on May 16, 2023. It passed 6-1 and gave police 360 days instead of 180 to investigate officer misconduct.
May 16, 2023
Source: sanmarcostx.gov
Voted on July 6, 2021, to delay a law requiring lobbyists to register and report their contacts with city officials until after the November election. The delay passed 5-2. She said she supported the law itself.
July 6, 2021
Source: communityimpact.com
Voted on Jan. 5, 2021, against annexing 73 acres off Harris Hill Road and against rezoning it for a manufactured home community. The annexation passed 5-2, and the zoning change failed 3-4.
January 5, 2021
Source: communityimpact.com
Won election to San Marcos City Council Place 3 after receiving 71.43% of the vote.
November 3, 2020
Source: sanmarcostx.gov
Past race Alyssa Garza ran in:
- San Marcos City Council Place 3 · November 3, 2026 · San Marcos city, Texas · incumbent