The city of Gainesville is among the first targets of Gov. Ron DeSantis' Department of Government Efficiency and its quest to eliminate overspending and waste across the state.

“We are going to start doing onsite DOGE inspections and audits of county and municipal governments,” DeSantis said at his first event of the day in Fort Lauderdale.

“We have the authority. It is no longer optional. We don’t have to ask ‘mother, may I.’ We can just simply say you must comply under the law,” DeSantis said.