Land Use

... Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated individuals from Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) ....

... Once upon a time there were some property developers on Oahu ....

... a Maui County Council proposal that aspires to create more housing on Maui by phasing out about 7,000 vacation rentals ....

... eliminating TVR use from these subject condominiums would result in a possible loss of $23 million in revenue annually, and upwards of $74 million in annual revenue lost overall ....

“Currently, about 5% of all land in Hawaii is allocated for urban and residential use. Would you support increasing that amount by maybe 1 or 2 percentage points to 6% or 7%?”

... These are suggestions that are broadly supported and would require little if any taxpayer investment ....

... conclusions of a presentation to the Board of Land and Natural Resources ....

... In anticipation of the new tax, the council also passed on first reading today a bill to increase anticipated revenue for the Open Space Fund ....

"...to implement Complete Streets which provide equitable access across all modes and for all abilities, including pedestrians, bicycles, cars, trucks, and buses...."

... rent for the property was $100,000 while subleases of the same property brought in $300,000 ....

... But don't worry.  We are still going to blame global warming ....

"... Canto is currently employed as a processing assistant for Maui Grown Therapies ...."

"...the most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history...."

... Anyone Claiming That An Affordable Housing Project Might Impact Their Property Interests In A "Clean And Healthful Environment" Has Standing To Object ....

... a retrospective of one of the Hawaii Supreme Court's most famous (or infamous) decisions ....

... currently, the designated Maui and O‘ahu land district seats are open ....

... The U.S. House has once again passed his National Forest study measure that calls on the United States Forest Service (USFS) to engage communities in the State of Hawai’i in a study to identify suitable parcels to be incorporated into a National Forest ....

"... In theory, Bill 10 would require more affordable housing to be built, but in reality, history has shown that such additional restrictions have the opposite effect ....”

... How to make housing affordable and help stop the exodus .... 

... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....

... This would give Maui the second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country ....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation ....

... A Maui bill to increase affordability requirements is the backdrop for a discussion on how current housing policy can be improved ....

"... The Endangered Species Act required the agency to designate critical habitat with its listing determination and develop a recovery plan for the bird. Yet the Service has failed to do so...."

"... If there is no such thing as a regulatory taking, we should say so ...."

... A trial was held in November challenging Kakaʻako Land. Co.'s (KLC) ownership of Kakaʻako private roads ....

... The district court's judgment is reversed, case remanded for the merits ....

... in the PASH case the Hawaii Supreme Court concluded that subject to certain qualifications, the Hawaii Constitution allows native Hawaiians to exercise traditional practices, even on private property ....

...I don’t have an opinion about sea walls. I do have an opinion about connected, rich people buying oceanfront property on sinking islands even as they try to sell us on the idea that an ocean rise clocked at less than 2 mm per year is what really matters – and that we should give up fossil fuel to save their beaches....

... Officials now pledge action, after a Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica investigation ....

... The “PUC DP All Policies Summary” is a complete collection of the draft goals and policies that will make up the final PUC DP .... 

... DPP has released its Annual Report on the status of land use on O‘ahu for fiscal year ending 2019 ....

...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....

...When your state lacks sufficient housing, the last thing you should do is make building a difficult, risky and lengthy process. But that’s exactly what Hawaii has done....

...Hawaii’s residents need more housing that they can afford. And one of the simplest ways to provide it would be to reform a mysterious organization called the Land Use Commission....

...The state Land Use Commission has strayed from its core mission, leading to fewer homes and higher home prices for Hawaii residents....

...the Rasputin of urban planning....

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....

...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....

... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii advises Maui planners against adding more regulations if they wants more housing ....

 ...'This case is the proverbial 'Exhibit A' of much that is wrong with takings law.'....

...two OHA operatives are in the Council runoff elections this November with one goal in mind--help OHA upzone Kakaako Makai so it can build hotels and condos up to the sky....

...Cert Petition: "This case is the proverbial 'Exhibit A' of much that is wrong [with takings law]...."

...the Trump administration has since revised the rule, making it more difficult to challenge land-use rules that make housing more expensive....

...Hawai’i central planners should reevaluate their push to implement more and more projects, such as TOD, mass transit, and shared vehicles, which contribute to the spread of disease....

...The opinion also adds to the growing confusion about whether the regulatory takings doctrine deals with use or value....  

...the first Hawaii case which uses the term "police power"....

...the District Court had awarded nominal compensation ($1), after the jury concluded that the State of Hawaii took Aina Lea's property....

...Public debate falls into two schools of thought as to why housing costs are so high....