AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin has released an updated budget proposal, after having to rework the budget for the current fiscal year after voters rejected Prop Q at the ballot box earlier this week.

Prop Q would've raised property taxes by about 20% compared to the last fiscal year, and the newly proposed budget is already meeting opposition from some Austinites.

After voters rejected Prop Q , the City of Austin now has to balance a budget without more than $109 million in property tax revenue.

To meet that shortfall, they are taking an axe to the budget, cutting $5.2 million from Parks and Recreation, $3.7 million from the Municipal Court, $38 million from social services contracts and $1 million from Austin Fire.

“This initial budget does not meet the moment,” Matt Mackowiak,

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