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Law to protect landowners helps developers and hurts the environment

Learn why growers are concerned with new guidance on phosphorus.

Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to decide whether to sign three bills that will make it harder for Florida's cities and counties to manage growth. He should veto all three of them.

Hey, Senator Hutson! Just say NO, please St Augustine attorney Jane West, Policy & Planning Director for 1,000 Friends of Florida, asked the Historic City News editorial review board to evaluate several pieces of what she described as “very damaging bills” that are moving forward quickly in the current session of the Florida legislature. At issue are the following Senate Bills — SB-750, SB-1274, SB-1876 and SB-1146. SB-750 on impact fees will make it virtually impossible for local governments to require that new development pays its own way, meaning that existing residents will shoul...

Companion bills in the Florida house and senate are leading some environmental groups to worry it might mean more oil drilling in sensitive lands and create a burden on local governments. The bills, titled Relief from Burdens on Real Property Rights, are written to explicitly add subsurface mineral rights, such as underground oil and gas, into definitions found within the Bert Harris Act, which protects private property rights. Language in the bills would also further define what government actions could affect property rights under the act. Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Lee County) said the idea for...