Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the “Live Local Act” Wednesday, which in part allocates $100 million to help teachers, healthcare workers and police officers buy homes.

Senate Bill 102, called the “Live Local Act,” will appropriate a total of $711 million in an effort to make housing more affordable for working Floridians. The bill provides incentives for private investment in affordable housing and bans local rent controls, News4Jax reported.

“Being able to have folks who are teachers, police officers, firefighters, all these important things — you can’t do it if they have to drive an hour, an hour-and-a-half just to get to work every day. I mean, we want people to be able to live in the community where they’re working,” DeSantis said during a news conference in Naples.

[He’s building quite a hefty legislative portfolio ahead of launching a presidential campaign. Again, this shows why running while in office beats running afterward. DeSantis can impact the news cycle through real action rather than sloganeering. — Ed]