This is one of the worst pieces of legislation passed in Florida.
Read the original article here at VoteWater.
Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org
– A river is like a life: once taken,
it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum
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VoteWater joins coalition demanding fix to Senate Bill 180 |
| Senate Bill 180, passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year, was supposed to be about hurricane relief. Instead, it was yet another sop to developers, jam-packed with new restrictions on local governments’ ability to adopt stronger land-use and development rules — even when those rules have nothing to do with hurricane recovery.
But proponents of smarter growth have responded: VoteWater has joined 60 other conservation organizations asking the Legislature to repeal portions of SB 180. Click here to read the letter. Local governments have filed lawsuits to block the legislation; conservation group 1000 Friends of Florida filed its own lawsuit. And there are early indications that key legislators are listening – and this bad law could be fixed. Reckless development leads to dirtier water; that’s why we oppose it. You can do the same by clicking here and asking your legislator to fix SB 180. |
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