As mayor of Austin from 2015 through 2023, Steve Adler led one of America's fastest-growing cities through a period of unprecedented transformation and crisis. During his tenure, the Austin metropolitan area’s population grew by almost 20% as the tech sector exploded. Meanwhile, the city navigated a serial bombing, the COVID-19 pandemic, historic protests over police violence, an affordability crisis and constant battles with state government over local control. Adler's memoir, Hot Seat — Hot City: The Austin Mayor's Story is an unflinching insider account of governing America's fastest-growing city through eight years of extraordinary crisis and transformation.
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