AUSTIN, Texas — Early voting begins Monday for Austin’s Proposition Q, a proposed property tax increase that city leaders say would generate about $110 million this fiscal year to fund public safety and homelessness services.

However, supporters and opponents of the increase see very different outcomes for Austin’s future. Some residents worry the measure would hurt local businesses and Austin residents, while others said not approving it could harm essential city programs.

“It's funding some noble projects and it has some noble goals. I just feel that maybe our tax dollars need to be doing that already," Brandon Hodge, owner of Big Top Candy Shop on South Congress, said.

Meanwhile, Brydan Summers, president of American Federation of the State and County Municipal Employees Local 1624 u

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