06/14/2026
Twenty years ago, Miami-Dade voters were promised a place where people in mental health crisis would be met with treatment, not a jail cell. This Tuesday, June 16, that promise finally comes before the full Board of County Commissioners.
That vote is at the heart of this month's Common Ground, along with two other wins worth celebrating:
We found common ground on Tri-Rail, approving a new agreement with FDOT to protect the regional rail that tens of thousands of South Floridians depend on every day.
And we took our neuroinclusion work somewhere new, the soccer field. At our FIFA Miami Neuroinclusive Soccer Clinic in Pinecrest, Concacaf coaches worked with our youth to make the beautiful game welcoming to every kind of player. With World Cup 26 coming to Miami, we are building it inclusive from the ground up.
Treatment over a cell. Reliable transit. A game with room for everyone. That is what common ground looks like. Read this months issue and join us. Link below.
Issue 2, June 2026 Some of the most important work in local government does not happen in the spotlight. It happens in workshops, in legislative drafting meetings, in budget conversations, in the patient work of getting agencies that answer to different people, with different priorities and differen
