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“Cash Cows: Businesses Save Millions Through Tax Break Meant to Help Florida Farmers,” Orlando Sentinel

02.18.2021

Florida real estate developers, large corporations, and other non-farming entities have long used the state’s “greenbelt” law to take advantage of significant tax discounts. The law provides for lower tax assessments on property classified as agricultural, which Becker land use attorney Katie Edwards-Walpole says is a good thing because it […]

Areas of Focus: Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Government Law & Lobbying

Florida House Moves Forward With Legislation to Preempt Local Governments From Regulating Vacation Rentals

02.11.2021
Yolanda Cash JacksonBernie FriedmanEllyn Setnor BogdanoffJosé Keichi FuentesNicholas G. MatthewsLaToya Sheals

Vote of the Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Fell Mostly Along Party Lines As our many local government clients know, the Becker Team has been intimately involved in lobbying against the many attempts to limit their ability to manage the vacation rental crisis. The issue continues to severely impact cities of all […]

Areas of Focus: Government Law & Lobbying, Florida Legislative Lobbying

Becker Lobbyists Welcome Newest Client, 3M; National Reach of Firm Grows

02.09.2021
Anthony BedellOmar FrancoBert GómezAlfonso LopezClarence WilliamsAmanda L. Wood

Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals at offices throughout the East Coast, announced that it is proud to represent newest client, 3M, to provide lobbying services bicoastally at the federal level in Washington, D.C. and state level in California, beginning January 1, 2021. Headquartered […]

Areas of Focus: Government Law & Lobbying, Federal Lobbying

100% FEMA Reimbursement by Executive Order

02.03.2021
Amanda L. Wood

Yesterday, President Biden filed an executive order (EO) to retroactively reimburse states (and their local government subgrantees) for FEMA-eligible services – including masks, gloves, emergency feeding actions, sheltering at risk populations, etc. – that were provided from the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020. Below is the official language […]

Areas of Focus: Government Law & Lobbying, Federal Lobbying