This Thursday marks the first City of Miami Commission meeting of 2026, and the city is roaring out of the gate with several high-profile resolutions including a potential clawback of a controversial land deal on Watson Island and the return of a cultural landmark to Miami Dade College.
This will be the first official meeting under newly-elected mayor Eileen Higgins and new District 3 Commissioner Rolando Escalona — both of whom won runoff elections in December.
Escalona replaced longtime commissioner Joe Carollo, and Higgins campaigned on bringing a new era to City Hall with less drama and more decorum…