Alex J. Fernandez

Commissioner Alex J. Fernandez was first elected in 2021 and re-elected in 2025 with a historic, record-breaking margin — the highest percentage ever achieved by a Miami Beach City Commissioner. He chairs the City Commission’s Land Use & Sustainability Committee and serves on the boards of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities, the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, and the Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Committee, as well as policy committees of the Florida League of Cities.

A proud first-generation American, Commissioner Fernandez grounds his service in his faith in God and in the values of gratitude, compassion, and public responsibility instilled by his parents.

Commissioner Fernandez brings over two decades of government and legislative experience to his role. He’s been mentored by Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, Former Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower, and Former Miami Beach Commissioner Deede Weithorn who have taught him the importance of upholding civility and ethics in government, preserving Miami Beach’s Art Deco heritage, and managing taxpayer resources with transparency and accountability.

As Chair of the Land Use & Sustainability Committee, Commissioner Fernandez sponsored the Stop the Pause policy to advance long-delayed infrastructure projects, launched Operation Clean Water to restore the health of the city’s waterways, and created the Text Before Tow program, reducing resident tows by over 90 percent. He advanced the first major update to the historic preservation code in four decades, created a historic preservation tax incentive, and worked across two legislative sessions to protect Miami Beach’s Art Deco district from state preemptions and preserve local architectural standards in the Live Local Act.

Commissioner Fernandez also passed the city’s beach smoking ban, sponsored public-camping legislation that significantly reduced homelessness, championed policies that helped end spring break chaos, and advanced a landmark public–private partnership to revitalize the 100–300 blocks of Lincoln Road. He played a leading role in closing the funding gap for Bayshore Park and successfully proposed reducing the millage rate — the first reduction since 2018.

Commissioner Fernandez has championed resident protections — from tenant safeguards and housing impact statements to reforms ending party-house abuses and rolling-back alcohol sales in residential areas. He leads the mobile mammogram initiative and, as an openly gay commissioner, advances LGBTQ inclusion and Miami Beach’s perfect Municipal Equality Index score.

In his second term, Commissioner Fernandez aims to advance policies that support attainable housing, small-business deregulation, commercial corridor revitalization, flood-prevention projects, and continued water-quality restoration.

Commissioner Fernandez lives in Mid-Beach with his husband, Robert Wolfarth, and their dachshund, Sammy.