San Antonio mayoral candidate lays out sweeping pro-restaurant platform

San Antonio mayoral candidate Rolando Pablos on Tuesday unveiled a 10-point plan to support the local restaurant industry, which has been roiled by a wave of recent closures. The plan from Pablos — a former Republican Texas Secretary of State — includes streamlining licensing and regulatory paperwork for restaurants, offering grants to those affected by construction and extending rent-reduction incentives. He also seeks to create a community policing initiative to curb crime around restaurants, bolster culinary and hospitality vocational training programs and subsidize childcare for restaurant workers, according to the plan.