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Fort Lauderdale lays out 2026 state legislative priorities, including housing, transport safety and new workforce training requests
Summary
City lobbyists presented the draft 2026 state legislative program on Sept. 16, highlighting requests for transportation safety funding, an aviation technical training program, support for local regulation of short‑term rentals and sober homes, and several appropriation requests including resilience and infrastructure projects.
Daphne (city state lobbying lead) presented the draft 2026 state legislative program to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on Sept. 16, outlining priorities and appropriation requests for the 2026 Florida legislative session (Jan. 13–March 13, 2026). She said the document is a working draft and dollar figures are subject to change as the session approaches.
Key policy statements include expanded economic‑development language to support micro and small businesses; a clarified housing and community‑development position supporting local regulation of short‑term rentals, vacation rentals and sober…
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