expressed support<\/a> for the proposal, taking a position that differs from the Florida Sheriffs Association and several other major statewide law enforcement organizations, which oppose the measure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMiami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz is publicly supporting Florida’s proposed Amendment 3, putting her at odds with the Florida Sheriffs Association and other law enforcement officials. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Among the opponents is Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, who argues the amendment could ultimately reduce funding available for public safety services.<\/p>\n
“This state is almost 24 million people. Do you want less safety? Do you want less security?” Judd said.<\/p>\n
Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing increasing the homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and then to $250,000 in 2028.<\/p>\n
Critics argue the measure would create major financial challenges for local governments. Edie Ousley, spokesperson for the Vote No on Amendment 3 campaign, said counties and cities would be forced to make up the lost revenue elsewhere.<\/p>\n
“The public safety is going to be hit the hardest, services and infrastructure are going to be cut. This is plain and simply going to be a tax shift, not tax relief,” Ousley said.<\/p>\n
According to an analysis by the Florida Association of Counties, Broward County could lose more than $300 million by the second year if Amendment 3 passes. Miami-Dade County could face an estimated $445 million reduction in revenue.<\/p>\n
Constitutional amendments in Florida require at least 60% voter approval to pass.<\/p>\n
Florida voters will decide the fate of Amendment 3 on Election Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Miami-Dade elected officials are publicly supporting a proposed constitutional amendment that would significantly increase Florida’s homestead property…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-413510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-florida","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413510","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=413510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}