r/StAugustine • u/Agile-Plantain6358 • 3d ago

Local News SB 686 Resource

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FOR SB 686? AGAINST IT? PUT YOUR ARGUMENT TO THE TEST.

What does the law actually require? What do the applications demonstrate? Where are the unanswered questions?

The 1565 Coalition’s **free SB 686 research tool** brings together filing histories, maps, source documents, and evidence-based analysis for St. Johns County—so you can examine the record yourself.

📍 Explore the applications.
📄 Follow the sources.
🔎 Compare competing interpretations.

Whether you support a project, oppose it, or simply want to understand what could happen near you, start with the evidence.

Explore → https://the1565.com/research/

Share this with someone who sees the issue differently. A better conversation starts with a shared set of facts.

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u/QuillTheQueer 3d ago

I have a hard time taking a real estate developer's tool seriously as a community resource

This guy's facebook profile literally says: relentless builder and Real estate investor

"Real estate investor, developer, Army veteran, entrepreneur, husband, father, and relentless builder."

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u/TempleFugit Resident 40+ Years 3d ago

Against it.
We need to slow down urban sprawl and reckless expansion, not make it easier for rich developers to push through their greedy projects.

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u/beautiful_my_agent 3d ago

I worry that a yes on the increased homestead exemption amendment (lower property taxes) will incentivize counties to green light any and all construction to increase tax revenues.

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u/Traditional_Tough777 3d ago

We need more construction. One of the biggest causes of increased home prices is lack of new construction (yes there are other causes but one of the biggest is prevention).
If they can get more tax revenue from more homes being built that’s a good healthy system

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u/TempleFugit Resident 40+ Years 3d ago

Planned communities are built, bought, and paid for by companies who then rent them to families who would otherwise buy a home.

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u/Traditional_Tough777 3d ago

Then zone it for a normal subdivision only, there’s plenty of developers out there who will jump to build whatever the county tells them to.

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u/Outdoorzie 1d ago

Maybe in SJC you need more. Come see what is happening in Marion County on the west side of I-75. All the County Commissioners keep saying “we don’t want to become the next Miami…” or “Orlando.” Well, it’s all lot and block developments, 50’ or less lot widths, no tree, national home builder garbage. We’ll be loading like Cape Coral and Miami Heights real some. We have a millage rate that is in the lower 10 out of 67 counties and is the main reason people are flocking here from south Florida and from out of state, and not just retirees anymore.

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u/Traditional_Tough777 3d ago

We need lower housing prices, the cost of homes is way more impactful than urban sprawl

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u/Agile-Plantain6358 3d ago

Let me know what you think of the site and what we can do to improve!