Lopez-Cantera running for Property Appraiser

State Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera, the Florida HOuse Majority Leader and Miami-Dade Chairman has announced his candidacy for Property Appraiser for Miami-Dade County.


Carlos has been elected and re-elected since 2004, to serve as our Representative in Tallahassee, but due to term limits, his time is almost up. Carlos is married to Renee and they have a four-year-old daughter, Sabrina.


He has served as chairman of the Business Regulation, Majority Whip and currently serves as the Majority Leader.


“Miami-Dade is on the cusp of economic recovery. The decisions made by the Property Appraiser over the next several years will not only impact every resident of Miami-Dade, but will contribute to the future economic prosperity of our community,” said Carlos. 


“The citizens of Miami-Dade cannot afford to keep the same leadership, and expect different results. I am running on a record of property tax reform and fighting for fairness for all the property owners of Miami-Dade.  I look forward to visiting every community in our county from North Miami and Miami Gardens to Homestead and Florida City to listen to the citizens of Miami-Dade County talk about their property tax concerns," he went on to say.


Carlos sponsored and passed the 2006 constitutional amendment that provided low-income seniors with a higher homestead exemption. In 2007 and 2008, he sponsored legislation requiring a more fair method of valuing property and a constitutional amendment to cap property taxes at 1.35%. He has continued to fight for legislation that brings fairness to Florida’s property tax code, empowers property owners and reduces property tax bills. In 2007, when City of Miami residents were left out of property tax relief legislation, Carlos Lopez-Cantera successfully fought for legislation to re-include Miami residents in the relief package.


He says, “Each legislative term, I have made reducing Florida’s property tax burden my mission,” continued Lopez-Cantera. “Due to a questionable decision made by the current Property Appraiser, this past session I sponsored and passed legislation to exempt parking garages built next to the Miami baseball stadium from property taxes, ensuring these garages meant for public use do not become an additional burden on the people of Miami."