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Escambia County Braces For $94 Million Revenue Loss If Homestead Amendment Passes
June 3, 2026
If voters approve a homestead property tax amendment in November, Escambia County government will face a major reduction in revenue.
For Escambia County, it’s estimated that will be just over $38 million the first year and $56.2 million the second year, according to estimates from Escambia County Property Appraiser Bubba Peters and his staff, based upon the 2025 tax roll.
RELATED: Legislature Approves Placing Homestead Property Tax Amendment On November Ballot
“We been strategizing, planning different ways to make up for the shortfall,” Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno said on Tuesday afternoon. “Sometimes that is a reduction of services.”
West Florida Public Libraries will lose $2 million in year one and $3 million in year two.
For the City of Pensacola, it’s $7.2 million gone by the second year, and for Century that’s about $10,800.
The Escambia County Children’s Trust would see ad valorem revenue drop by $3.2 million in year two.
Schools will not be impacted and will be excluded from the increased homestead exemption.
RELATED: Century Stands To Lose About $10K A Year If Property Taxes Are Cut
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25 Responses to “Escambia County Braces For $94 Million Revenue Loss If Homestead Amendment Passes”
I was in the militsry and worked 15 years in budget.We were taught to increase our operating budget request by 25 %.In the months of August and September we would notify a units to spend every dime they had.We NEVER returned any money we spent it all.One year we had about 15 million in budget left and spent it all in the month of September.It’s still in use today.
Get use to doing more with less like honest working folks do and have been doing for decades.
Get rid of those useless commissioners and their expenses they use to buy votes. While tthey’re at it, fire some of those lazy, time and money wasting employees. Leave OUR PROPERTY out of it!!! Years of our money is already gone thanks to this County’s waste.
Raise Bed Taxes. And raise use taxes a penny.
If yall thought too many people and overdevelopment was already a problem, just wait. You aint seen anything yet….
Smart, dedicated folks figure how to Lead, Plan, & Overcome. I’m at Retired Fire/Rescue Lt. At times, it is Ridiculously Challenging job.
We have Local Leaders (City Council/Board of Commissioners) who are now facing a new challenge. Yes, they have a lot of responsibility placed on them for all the citizens/visitors in Escambia County, which they willingly elected to pursue.
It’s time for our Leaders to step up and perform as the first sentence states…read these comments, brainstorming sessions, line item budget reviews for every department, eliminate some old ways of doing things, ask for suggestions from other counties. There are hundreds of thousands of people dependent on our local leaders. I’m asking those Leaders to canx their summer vacations, stay home, work longer hours & simply figure out!!
Maybe the government should work on a budget like all us seniors have to do. All of us have had to cut back and make do with less as prices climb…It’s time for all the big salary players have to do the same. Time for them to learn money doesn’t grow on trees or in the pockets of taxpayers!!!!
Gets rid of the use it or lose it mentality and resets the budgets
Hope all of you like a 21 percent sales tax to make up the shortfall.
Bolony and cheese . Time for the county leaders to cut their spending and for the leaders to get limited access from the piggy bank . The propaganda has started so that they can continue spending at their discretion without state oversight .
Look at revenue from the tourism tax. So much of it is spent on Ubers, meals, and travel for a handful of people. Stop that crap. Put it in the general fund. We do NOT need to ‘promote tourism’ in a place where roads are clogged and locals can no longer enjoy activities in the area.
Any person or persons who have lived in their homes for 30 plus years and are of a certain age should no longer have to pay ANY property taxes. Period.
well lord forbid the citizens get a break from all the over spending from politicians. get over it. set a budget JUST LIKE WE DO and stick to it. Ron desantis said florida has a huge surplus of money. if true; WHAT ARE YOU WHINING ABOUT .
LAST YEAR MY TAX BILL WAS $286; before that it was $167. I always pay my tax bill when I get it; so the added $120 had to come from somewhere; NO THANKSGIVING AT MY HOUSE last year; did elected officials care NO, NOT AT ALL. this came out of my social security check and that meant I had to do with out buying groceries for 2 weeks. does this bother them; NO; I dare them to live off my retirement check; $1200 a month ( half my check is groceries and electric )and see then how they feel about giving seniors a break; when elected officials live the way their voters do; ONLY THEN WOULD THINGS CHANGE; I will be voting for my dog for all positions on the next ballet.i think its time for a huge change in our entire government. lies; fraud;
Here’s a idea…. Cut salary from all these “high and mighty commissioners” and County employees that do nothing but claim “us lower level folks” can pay it all
maybe this will force the county to actually create a REAL budget and stick to the budget rather than just spending every dollar they get just because they can. Strip the school board of the authority to raise the property taxes too. Still can’t get over 4500 fewer students and them using that as justification to raise our property taxes. Doesn’t add up.
There is plenty of (pork barrel) fat to trim. If government truly exists for the good of the citizens, then relieving the tax burden should be high on the priority list. It’s ridiculous to continue paying thousands a year to the government on property you paid off long ago. As it stands, once your mortgage is retired, you must continue pay the money-hungry government rent to live in your home ad infinitum, or they can boot you out onto the streets.
They should probably get better at budgeting and work on doing better for the community instead of filling their own pockets. They buy land to benefit the commissioners and budget to raise their salaries. Maybe look there to replace the missing money in the budget.
Will the County Commissioner’s slush fund be affected? Inquiring minds want to know.
The political left has poisoned the waters with a somewhat perverted curriculum and emphasis in public education. The gifted kids normally come from gifted parents look for other educational opportunities. The expertise of some of the real talented teachers will probably yield the best results. Look at other countries like Germany and Japan. I think you will see it is much as a social issue as educational budget issue.
They need to stop the school board from raising property tax. Remember when you vote the school board raises taxes every year, and ecua raising rates and fees every year.
County budget has increased approximately 47% over the past five years and the first-year impact of this will be <5% reduction in revenue? Doesn't exactly sound like a crisis situation when you consider most of the people paying the property taxes haven't seen a 47% increase in income over the same period. It'll be interesting to see the ads against reducing property taxes.
Floridians are having to live life with less so maybe the government can do the same. Escambia County is becoming like California when it comes to wasting tax dollars.
The county will reassess the value of your home. Even if your home is paid for. You will either pay the same, or higher property taxes. And you will still be billed for the schools and the fire department, which just got an increase.
What do the people gain, the retired elderly, or the individual that worked and paid off their home/property?
Good.
Getting hit in the wallet ain’t too fun is it?
Welcome to the citizens’ world.