KSAT Q&A: Mayor Jones discusses her letter to Abbott on funding for children’s summer lunch programs

KSAT Q&A: Mayor Jones discusses her letter to Abbott on funding for children’s summer lunch programs

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday and discussed her letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, where she requested he reconsider his veto halting funding for children’s summer lunch programs.In June, Abbott vetoed a $60 million budget for the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program, which would give low-income Texas families more than $100 per child to pay for summer lunches. The federal program, under the U.S. Departm…