Before signing his final state budget as governor on Monday, Ron DeSantis vetoed $1.7 billion in spending out of the state budget, including $810 million in line-item vetoes.

Among the cuts were millions of dollars for projects and programs in Central Florida.

Notably, DeSantis did not veto $4 million in funding for the families of the Groveland Four, the four young black men who were wrongfully accused of raping a white woman in Lake County in 1949.

Floodwater drainage

Kissimmee lost out on half a million dollars that would have helped fix ”severe and repetitive flooding” for hundreds of residents, according to the city’s request.

An existing private drainage system for a north Kissimmee neighborhood has collapsed, and the city wants to replace it with a new public drainage system.

That money from the state would have paid for nearly half of the new construction costs.

New evidence room

DeSantis denied a $750,000 request for the Kissimmee Police Department to expand its evidence room. The existing facility has been prone to leaks that have compromised evidence, according to the department’s budget request.

Local funds would have covered the other 84% of the project cost.

Aquatic center

An upcoming project in St. Cloud was another casualty. The Osceola County school district had asked for $1 million to help fund an aquatic center at the new “AAA” High School. The proposed pool would host swim meets and swim lessons and recreation for the public.

DeSantis vetoed that money, which would have paid for 7% of the total project cost.

PACE

And he vetoed more than $8.8 million to expand the state’s Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, in Central Florida. That money would have paid for 550 new clients in programs in Orange, Brevard and Marion counties.

Other Florida counties lost out on money for new positions, too.

Other funding

The vetoes affecting Central Florida include the ones listed here, split up by county. All but one of these vetoes can be found on the Florida House’s Appropriations Project Requests or the Senate’s Local Funding Initiative Requests.

Brevard CountyBrevard County – Maemir/Martin/Fiske Area Drainage Improvements – Multi-Basin Study: $250,000Brevard County Zoo Indian River Lagoon Innovative Wastewater System and Education Hub: $2,500,000Brevard County Stadium and Cuddington Signal and Intersection Safety Improvements: $250,000City of Palm Bay – Police Department Sgt. Frank Tobar Regional Tactical Training Building: $450,000Palm Bay – Babcock Street Phase One Widening Improvement Project: $500,000Palm Bay Intelligent Transportation System Traffic Enhancement Project: $750,000Palm Bay – Protecting Utilities Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) Network: $1,685,400Titusville 911 Communications System Update: $176,336Titusville Expansion of Back-Up and Data Security: $184,000Melbourne Fire Department Training Center Facility Replacement: $400,000Orange CountyTown of Eatonville Public Safety Building Needs Assessment and Pre-Design Study: $350,000Ocoee Alternative Water Supply Project: $375,000Windermere Chase Road and Main Street Intersection Improvements: $500,000Windermere Upgrade Roundabout, 6th Avenue and Main Street, Phase I: $784,000City of Maitland – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Security Enhancement: $250,000Samaritan Resource Center – East Orange Opportunity Pathway: $200,000Orlando Community & Youth Trust, Inc. Senior Connections: $200,000Volusia CountyOsceola CountyLake CountySeminole CountyPolk County