{"id":413252,"date":"2026-09-28T23:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413252\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:38:13","slug":"3-miami-dade-officials-say-they-support-floridas-property-tax-cut-amendment-while-opponents-warn-of-deep-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413252\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Miami-Dade officials say they support Florida&#8217;s property tax cut amendment, while opponents warn of deep cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Miami-Dade County officials say they support a property tax amendment on the November ballot, while opponents warn it could force severe cuts to public safety and local services.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Tomas Regalado, Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia, and Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez publicly backed Amendment 3, emphasizing that they were speaking as individual homeowners and residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re here today to set the record straight,&#8221; Regalado said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day I see families struggling with the cost of living. I talk with seniors who are worried about staying in their homes,&#8221; Fernandez added.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/officials-in-support-property-tax-cut.png#.png\" alt=\"officials-in-support-property-tax-cut.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  3 Miami-Dade officials spoke about their support for Florida&#8217;s property tax cut amendment ahead of the midterm elections. (From Left to Right: Property Appraiser Tomas Regalado, Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia, and Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the amendment would raise the homestead exemption \u2014 the portion of a home&#8217;s assessed value protected from non-school property taxes \u2014 to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that counties will lose significant revenue, forcing local governments to shift the tax burden onto other taxpayers or cut essential public services.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia disputed concerns regarding service cuts, stating, &#8220;It says public safety will always come first, so this will not affect public safety. It will not&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava warned that the measure could reduce county revenue by nearly $390 million in its first year alone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can say that for what we&#8217;re responsible for in Miami-Dade \u2014 Fire [services] \u2014 we could lose as many as 19 fire stations, over 600 firefighters,&#8221; Levine Cava said. &#8220;For libraries, we could close 10 of our 51 libraries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Edie Ousley, speaking for the &#8220;Vote No on 3&#8221; campaign, also warned of the fiscal fallout. &#8220;The math simply does not work, and public safety will be hit hardest,&#8221; Ousley said, noting that public safety groups across Florida, including the Florida Sheriffs Association, oppose the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Amendment 3 requires at least 60% voter approval in November to pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Miami-Dade County officials say they support a property tax amendment on the November ballot, while opponents warn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[588,28,30,29,9047,1064,7074,807],"class_list":["post-413252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-daniella-levine-cava","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-homeowners","tag-miami-dade","tag-property-taxes","tag-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413252","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=413252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}