Community Safety, Crime Prevention, & Gun Violence Prevention

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.

F.S. 790.33 preempts local firearm regulation with personal-liability risk, HB 601 constrains civilian review-board design, and current CVI funding relies heavily on expiring ARPA dollars.

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.

F.S. 790.33 — Firearms and ammunition preemption

Florida reserves firearms regulation to the state and includes personal penalties for local officials who violate the statute.

HB 601 (2024) — Citizen review board appointment control

Recent state changes shifted appointment mechanics for police review boards away from broad local design discretion.

SB 170 (2023) — Expanded litigation leverage against local ordinances

Florida expanded mechanisms that allow challengers to halt local ordinances during litigation.

Her public record supports gun-safety and oversight advocacy, but the governing statutes now narrow the local lane.

Keep the city agenda on CVI, hospital-based intervention, crisis response, youth programs, safe-storage campaigns, and public reporting while staying inside firearms preemption.