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Don't let Florida become California

Increasing the supply of affordable housing takes a few common-sense steps. But local politicians are the big obstacle. They don’t have the will or courage.

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Thirty-five years ago, CEOs in the Florida Council of 100 and a few of the more intelligent state elected officials and lawmakers worried that if Florida’s public policy makers were not careful, Florida would become another California. You know … 

 

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