Community Safety, Crime Prevention, & Gun Violence Prevention
Audit Verdict · Mixed Authority
CVI, non-police crisis response, and gun-safety education are feasible, but firearm regulation and a pre-HB 601 civilian review model are not.
Parts deliverable. Headline promise runs into preemption, fragility, or outside control.
The Promise
Use a public-health model of safety, expand CVI and hospital-based intervention, grow crisis-response teams and youth programs, support gun-safety measures, and strengthen police accountability.
Analysis
This plank is mixed because the service-delivery side is real and already partly underway, while the headline regulatory promises are outside city power. Funding continuity is also a live operational problem.
Legislative Record
Her public record supports gun-safety and oversight advocacy, but the governing statutes now narrow the local lane.
Implementation Barriers
Several headline proposals depend on tools Florida has already preempted, turning them into immediate legal barriers rather than municipal implementation choices.
- Rent control and expanded tenant protections despite F.S. 125.0103 and HB 1417
- Living wage and local hiring mandates blocked by HB 433/SB 742
- Gun regulations and Citizen Review Board pledges under F.S. 790.33 and HB 601
Several commitments overlap with programs or funding streams the city already operates, which changes the question from creation to scale, administration, and measurable improvement.
- CRA retail grants, façade improvements, and conversion incentives already exist
- Community Violence Intervention programs funded with $5.1M ARPA dollars are active today
- Electronic permitting, business assistance grants, and startup partnerships are already live
Many pledges across the audited inventory arrive without cost estimates or recurring funding sources — even as the existing city budget is already heavily committed.
- No cost estimate for universal childcare, transit pass subsidies, or a new disability office
- No funding source for expanded CVI, legal aid, or business disruption insurance
- Ignores personnel-heavy budget: 62% of general fund is payroll and 55% goes to public safety
Operational conflict with Tallahassee can alter funding, delay implementation, or increase legal exposure, even when the local policy goal is politically popular.
- Orlando State Attorney Monique Worrell: suspended by the Governor
- Tampa State Attorney Andrew Warren: suspended by the Governor
- Fort Myers City Council: threatened with removal by the Attorney General for resisting ICE cooperation