Editing Jacinto City, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure and government==
[[Image:JacintoCityCityHallTexas.jpg|thumb|Jacinto City City Hall]]

Jacinto City practices a city manager form of government with an elected Mayor who presides over the Jacinto City City Council.
*Mayor: Anna Diaz
*City Manager: Lon Squyres                                                                  
*City Attorney: Jim DeFoyd
*City Secretary: Joyce Raines
*Council Position #1: Jimmy Rivas
*Council Position #2: Gregg Robinson
*Council Position #3: Allen Lee
*Council Position #4: Carmella Garcia
*Council Position #5: Mario Gonzales
[[Image:FormerJacintoCityCityHall.JPG|thumb|left|Jacinto City City Hall Annex, the former Jacinto City City Hall, serves as a meeting place for City Council.]]
The City Council meets at the City Council Annex.<ref>"[http://www.jacintocity-tx.gov/?/administration/index/1 Mayor Rachel Nunez]." City of Jacinto City. Retrieved on November 11, 2011. "The City Council meets at the City Hall Annex located at 10301 Market Street."</ref>

The Jacinto City Fire Department and EMS and the Jacinto City Police Department serve the city.

A city hall facility<!--Handbook doesn't state which one--> had been built in the 1950s.<ref name="Handbook"/>

Jacinto City is located within Harris County Precinct 2; as of 2018 Adrian Garcia heads Precinct 2.<ref>[http://www.regionalgis.hctx.net/website/comm2/viewer.htm Precinct 2 Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011122342/http://www.regionalgis.hctx.net/website/comm2/viewer.htm |date=2008-10-11 }}." ''Harris County''. Accessed October 13, 2008.</ref>

Jacinto City is located in [[Texas House of Representatives, District 143|District 143]] of the [[Texas House of Representatives]]. As of 2008 [[Ana E. Hernandez]] represents the district.<ref>"[http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/pdf/districts/143.pdf House District 143] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822001842/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/pdf/districts/143.pdf |date=2008-08-22 }}." ''Texas House of Representatives''. Accessed October 11, 2008.</ref> Jacinto City is within [[Texas Senate, District 6|District 6]] of the [[Texas Senate]]; as of 2018 Carol Alvarado is the representative.<ref>"[http://www.senate.state.tx.us/Icons/Dist_Maps/Dist6_Map.pdf Senate District 6] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822005252/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/Icons/Dist_Maps/Dist6_Map.pdf |date=2008-08-22 }}" Map. ''[[Senate of Texas]]''. Accessed September 28, 2008.</ref>

Jacinto City is within [[Texas's 29th congressional district]]; as of 2018 [[Sylvia Garcia]] represents the district.<ref>"[http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx29_109.gif Congressional District 29] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009013232/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/TX29_109.gif |date=2008-10-09 }}." ''[[National Atlas of the United States]]''.</ref>

Locations in Jacinto City have "Houston, Texas" mailing addresses.<ref name=KingwoodannexQs>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.houston.tx.us:80/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1996-10-31|title=City of Houston Annexation FAQ|publisher=City of Houston|date=1996-10-31|access-date=2018-04-24|quote=Conversely, many residents of other incorporated places (including Nassau Bay, West University Place, Jacinto City, Missouri City and Jersey Village) have Houston addresses.}}</ref>

The designated public health center of the [[Harris Health System]] (formerly Harris County Health System) for the ZIP code 77029 was the Ripley Health Clinic in [[East End, Houston]].<ref name=HarrisHealthZIP>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|title=Clinic/Emergency/Registration Center Directory By ZIP Code|publisher=[[Harris County Hospital District]]|date=2001-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119141023/http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|access-date=2021-04-08|archive-date=2001-11-19}} - See ZIP code 77029. [https://www.harrishealth.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/community-assessment/pregnancy-birth-data/2012/infant-mortality-rate-2012.pdf See this map for relevant ZIP code].</ref> In 2000 Ripley was replaced by the Gulfgate Health Center.<ref name="Gulfgate">"[http://www.hchdonline.com/about/facilities/gulfgate.htm Gulfgate Health Center]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20040301005737/http://www.hchdonline.com/about/facilities/gulfgate.htm Archive]). [[Harris County Hospital District]]. Accessed October 17, 2008.</ref> The designated public hospital is [[Ben Taub General Hospital]] in the [[Texas Medical Center]].<ref name=HarrisHealthZIP/>