WPTV's Khalil McLean

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Save Boca group, which is fighting to block a controversial multimillion-dollar downtown government campus project, scored a major victory this week.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections officials confirmed they verified 3,616 signatures from Boca Raton residents, enough to advance their petition to the next stage for an ordinance amendment. The signatures will now be sent to the city of Boca Raton for review.

“It means that all the hard work and all the communication and the Save Boca movement that swept through the city, we’re finally seeing a law that will protect our public land,” said Jon Pearlman, the group’s founder.

At Monday’s city council meeting, developers pitched a revised proposal for the 31-acre development they said would

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