Land Use

...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka.  Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....

...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....

... In 1998 Hanabusa and Nakata teamed up with Mafia Godfather Larry Mehau to get rid of Attorney General Margery Bronster in an effort to protect the corrupt thieving Broken Trustees of Kamehameha Schools--now her Legislators want to give him a big fat stack of money....

...Over the past 15 years, the people of Hawaii have paid 260% more for electricity than the US average, while gasoline prices consistently hover close to $1-per-gallon higher.  (But we can go even higher)....

...Joint statement by DHHL and OHA on 1993 water use permit....

...the same text in SB2525 ran into opposition from several Kapolei-area Representatives.... 

...We're guessing both the State and the property owner will likely be taking this case up the chain to the Ninth Circuit.... 

...the 34th anniversary of the SCOTUS oral arguments in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....

...Hawaii is only building half of the units necessary to keep up with demand....

...activists resort to sovereign citizen tactics in a desperate effort to prevail....

...The purpose of the RFI is to gauge whether there is interest among prospective developers in obtaining a long-term lease of the Site (but check out the terms)....

...Furthermore, according to official court documents of the State of Hawaii, Moses Enoka Heanu, the alleged “Chief Justice” of your “court” is a registered sex offender who was sentenced to five (5) years in prison for three (3) felony counts of sexual assault in the Third Circuit court of the State of Hawaii in 1998....

...calls on the Planning Department to propose rule changes to the Maui, Molokai and Lanai Planning Commissions to include sea level rise in their shoreline setback calculations....

“...By signaling the importance of financial flows we have highlighted a potential leverage point for implementing sustainable policies….”

...“No court in the United States has accepted that argument, and no condemning authority has had the chutzpah to make that argument."....

...Hawaii Visitor Accommodation Units Surpassed 80,000 Statewide in 2017....

...the City doesn't really care all that much about these particular businesses or their owners....

...Does the Supreme Court now have three votes to kill the telescope?....

...the William and Mary Law School awards U. Hawaii lawprof David Callies the Brigham-Kanner Prize....

...Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal advisory opinion today stating that when the shoreline migrates landward (or mauka) due to erosion or sea level rise, the dividing line between public and private ownership also migrates mauka....

...Chaos is Coming: You can sue too—Here are some ideas....

...regulations have also tended to reduce the supply of housing, including multifamily and low-income housing....

...It is time to bring more jobs and economic freedom to the West....

...While all eyes are on rail....

...The Court ruled the State holds an easement over the seawalls and is not liable for attorneys’ fees....

...Presidents Bush and Obama mocked the Antiquities Act’s limitation that monuments can only be designated on federal ‘land’ by designating huge ocean monuments....

Grant applications for land acquisition....

...Explore the development of compatible agricultural uses and other programmatic initiatives....

Dr. Keli’i Akina gave the following speech on June 30th, 2017, at the 2017 Maui County Affordable Housing Summit, hosted by the Maui Chamber of Commerce and Maui County Department of Housing & Human Concerns....

...Nancy Cabral (Hawai‘i County), Linda Estes (Kaua‘i County) and Gary Okuda (At-Large)....

...Blood bank sues over city push to take land for rail.... 

Hawaii federal judge Susan Oki Mollway yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a private landowner against the State of Hawaii after the State Land Use Commission in 2011 reverted more than 1,000 acres of land in South Kohala on Hawaii island from urban to agricultural use....

...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....

...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....

The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....

The case involves three parcels on Kauai -- one of which is owned by a fellow who has been a thorn in the County's side....

I asked why CFS and other groups like Shaka aren’t informing followers of rat lungworm disease....

It's always fun to watch one segment of socially conscious progressivism light into another....

... the parcel is zoned "Hotel" but is designated on the Community Plan as "park" ....

...the court also issued a writ of execution, ordering the local branches of the banks in which the CNMI government kept its cash to deliver "all monies and proceeds" to the property owner's lawyer....

...a case to watch being argued next week in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...the last project to be approved was in 2013....

Instead of spending money on enforcement, it would be better to use resources to expedite the permitting process....

...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....

Really Obvious Question: How much did DLNR pay for this 635 acre parcel?  --- DLNR isn't telling ....

...what isn’t working....

Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....

By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....