Former Austin Mayor Steve Adler reflects on the capital city's explosive growth, homelessness and threats to democracy

from Texas Matters · host David Martin Davies

During his time as mayor of Austin from 2015 through 2023, the capital city grew by 20%, saw homelessness become a crisis and faced off against a Republican state government that threatened to take over the city. In Adler's new book, "Hot Seat — Hot City," he reflects on his days at city hall and warns about coming threats to democracy in Texas.

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