Citing “new information,” San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called a special meeting to consider censuring District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez after her arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in July.

In a memo to council members on Friday, Jones said she was also suspending the freshman councilwoman from her committee assignments “until further notice or until more details of the incident are known.”

It is unclear what Jones meant by “new information,” nor does a draft resolution of the censure posted online specify what it may be.

KSAT has reached out to Laura Barbarena, Meza Gonzalez’s spokesperson, for comment. Barbarena said she would check with the councilwoman but had not yet responded by the time this article was published.

While Jones wrote she was pu

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