Jose Freites

Property taxes Strongly disagrees· stated position

Freites said he will vote no, calling elimination of property tax catastrophic for working-class Floridians without a replacement plan.

"I vote no. Eliminating property tax would be catastrophic for the working class of Florida."

Property insurance Strongly agrees· stated position

Freites supports HB 30, which he describes as capping annual property-insurance increases at 10 to 15 percent, restoring one-way attorney fees when claims are wrongly denied, and requiring insurers to publicly account for premium increases.

Housing affordability Strongly agrees· stated position

Freites calls for amending the state constitution to protect the Sadowski affordable-housing trust fund, repealing Florida's statewide ban on rent control so local governments can set their own rules, adding anti-price-gouging limits on sudden rent increases, and building community-owned housing in Pasco County priced for teachers, nurses, first responders and service workers.

Immigration Strongly disagrees· stated position

Freites says he would end cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents, extend due-process protections to undocumented residents, and allow immigrant residents to obtain driver licenses and use public-safety services regardless of status.

"Our police officers should be in the field catching real criminals not racially profiling and terrorizing our migrant communities"

Abortion Strongly agrees· stated position

Freites said abortion restrictions should be less strict and supports putting a right to abortion in Florida's constitution.

"Less strict. I support codifying the right to an abortion into Florida's constitution."

Education & school choice Strongly disagrees· stated position

Freites opposes expanding Florida's universal voucher program, saying it moves public-school money into private schools and mainly benefits wealthier families. He also calls for raising teacher base pay, restoring experience-based pay steps, repealing SB 256 and restoring binding arbitration for teacher unions.

"We must oppose the universal school voucher system expansion as it will only divert public school money into private schools"

Environment & water Strongly agrees· stated position

Freites says he would advance legislation strengthening protections for wetlands, springs and aquifer recharge areas against sprawl and large industrial water users, and argues current leaders talk about conservation without acting.

Growth & development Leans agree· stated position

Freites frames sprawl, large-scale warehouses and AI data centers as threats to Pasco's water and neighborhoods, and says he would restrict their expansion and strengthen legal defenses for recharge areas against them.

Crime & policing Leans disagree· stated position

Freites would make mobile crisis teams pairing mental-health professionals with trained responders the default response to mental-health calls, fund crisis stabilization units as an alternative to jail or the emergency room, add oversight and due-process safeguards to Baker Act holds, and staff school-based mental health so students are helped before a situation becomes a disciplinary or criminal matter.

Energy & utilities Leans agree· stated position

Freites says he would restrict what he calls Big Tech data centers from driving up residents' electric bills, and ties utility costs to tighter oversight of large industrial power users.