SMART Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And, they say, the bills filed in the current session are in direct opposition to executive orders Ron
Florida environmental and smart-growth advocates are targeting eight bills in the Legislature that they say will encourage sprawl. Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And,
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the bill to rename the Reedy Creek Improvement District and end Disney's self-governance. Separately, the Legislature will look at prohibiting the issuance of environmental, social and governance bonds and using associated ratings.
The municipal bond market gets sucked further into the culture wars with Florida's latest plan to ban issuers from considering ESG factors when issuing debt.