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Steve Adler

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Steve Adler served as the 52nd Mayor of Austin, Texas, from 2015 to 2023, leading one of the nation's fastest-growing cities through a period of explosive change and extraordinary challenge.

During his tenure, Austin confronted the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2018 serial bomber attacks, contentious homelessness reform, police budget battles during a national racial reckoning, and deep political polarization.

Navigating the tensions of governing a rapidly growing progressive city within a conservative state, Adler expanded affordable housing initiatives, reformed homelessness policy, implemented police accountability measures, and significantly increased long-term infrastructure investment—managing growth that helped transform Austin from a cultura ...more

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Hot Seat — Hot City: The Austin Mayor's Story

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A note from the author: I’m not going to review my own book of course. That's your job. And I'll read every one. But I can tell you why I wrote it. For eight years, every crisis in Austin eventually landed on my desk — a serial bomber, a pandemic, ho ...more
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