{"id":361312,"date":"2026-08-03T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361312\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:03:08","slug":"desantis-quiet-as-florida-property-tax-cut-opposition-organizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361312\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Quiet as Florida Property Tax Cut Opposition Organizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida voter referendum that would slash residential property taxes faces mounting opposition from diverse groups and only tepid support from its original champion: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).<\/p>\n<p>At least three groups representing public safety professionals, municipal organizations, and policy think tanks have formed in the past month to defeat constitutional <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Florida_Amendment_3,_Homestead_Tax_Exemptions,_Property_Assessments,_and_Spending_Restrictions_Amendment_(2026)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amendment 3<\/a>, also known as \u201cSave Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes.\u201d The Florida Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/floridadems.org\/2026\/07\/florida-democrats-vote-to-oppose-amendment-3-warning-it-would-cut-local-services-and-threaten-public-safety\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> its opposition too, with party chair Nikki Fried calling it \u201ca scam that would either raise other taxes on working families or rob their communities of essential services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s on top &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida voter referendum that would slash residential property taxes faces mounting opposition from diverse groups and only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35852,22212,39377,26287,28,30,29,129834,121610,129837,55070,129833],"class_list":["post-361312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-ballot-initiatives","tag-constitutional-law","tag-education-legislation","tag-election-campaigns","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-municipal-tax","tag-property-tax-exemption","tag-real-property-tax","tag-residential-property","tag-state-tax-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}