Out-of-touch state lawmakers, lobbyists, and special interests are trying to silence your voice and your values. We’re a non-partisan, grassroots coalition of local mayors, commissioners, community leaders, and people like you. And we’re defending your right to have local solutions to local problems. It’s what you voted for. It’s what your taxes pay for. It’s what you deserve.
Learn More6.28.18
As California labor advocates and business groups looked to strike a compromise that would ban local soda taxes through 2030,... Read more »
5.30.18
Recently, CDLS member and Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley authored an op-ed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper about... Read more »
5.13.18
On May 12, #DefendLocal held a town hall meeting and film screening on gun violence at Silverspot Cinema in Coconut... Read more »
Some of the organizations and elected officials that have committed to #DefendLocal. You can add your voice to theirs and join our nonpartisan people-powered coalition.