Homer Garcia

Director
City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department

Homer Garcia III has been with the City of San Antonio organization since 2001 and in his service with the City, Homer has worked in the Auditor’s Office as well as the Department of Human Services and Animal Care Services.

Homer has been with Parks and Recreation since 2009 and was promoted to Assistant Director in early 2017 overseeing the Department’s Park Operations to include trades work and daily park/trail maintenance, urban tree canopy, natural resources and the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program. In February 2020, Mr. Garcia was appointed Director of the Parks and Recreation Department after serving on an interim basis since July 2019.

Mr. Garcia is married to a local educator and the proud parent of three children. Mr. Garcia is a native of San Antonio, Texas.