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Housing Justice is Environmental Justice

FCV advocates for healthy communities for everyone. We advocate for clean air and water, plentiful and accessible parks for all, and reduced carbon emissions statewide.  As an organization dedicated to environmental advocacy work, we often get put in a box. We are told to stay

Voting Access is Personal

On March 22, I spoke in opposition to PIE5, a rollback of voting rights and access. As I was thinking through my remarks, I started going through the bill section by section and discussing the many ways it is a deliberate mess of bureaucracy designed

Stop the Tallahassee Power Grab

The comments below were given to the Senate Community Affairs and on March 16, 2021 by Deputy Director Jonathan Webber. SB 1128 Good morning, my name is Jonathan Webber and I’m the Deputy Director of Florida Conservation Voters and we oppose this bill in its

Voting Rights and Access are at Risk

The 2020 General Election was a remarkable year for voter participation. Despite an unprecedented public health emergency in the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens cast their votes and made their voices heard in record numbers.  Unfortunately, Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Dennis Baxley (R-Lady Lake), and current Rep.