Land Use

"Hawaii is unquestionably vulnerable to changes in climate such as rising temperatures, droughts, flooding, sea level rise, coastal erosion and ocean acidification.” -- Abercrombie

Here's the Response to Application for Writ of Certiorari by the State of Hawaii, which opposes the State's cert app....

The rub is that here, it is the State of Hawaii that is claiming the interest, the right to mineral and metallic mines (including geothermal rights) on several large parcels....

Past classes of Rose Fellows have tackled challenges including revitalization of Detroit’s Livernois Avenue....

Attorney Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation and Grassroot President Dr. Keli’i Akina discuss the nature of individual rights and the role of property....

The cost of owned housing rose 75 percent more in areas of higher poverty....

there is a glaring paradox as observers decry the shortage of affordable housing ... while at the same time prevent the development of additional affordable housing....

DLNR is seeking new projects for its Hawai‘i Forest Legacy Program....

four bills related to land preservation, emergency medical services, small boat harbors and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve....

What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....

State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....

the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....

...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed three tree snail species and 35 plant species on the island cluster of Maui Nui in Hawaii as endangered ....

the "private attorney general" doctrine...allows a prevailing party to recover fees and costs....

Why would one of the state’s largest developers fund so-called anti-development groups?

...the case seemed like a good vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the pretext-in-eminent-domain issue it teased us with in Kelo....

"Can it be that the idiots who evidently run the Hawaii Business magazine have never heard about the principle that statutes have to be constitutional?"

...these parcels will add approximately 22,500 acres of land to the 1,700 acres of Galbraith Estate agricultural land in Central Oahu....

...the Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013, would direct the National Park Service to complete studies of three designated sites in the state of Hawai‘i....

All we have to do is pass the bill unamended, and we can move the PLDC repeal along to the final step. And then Senator Solomon announces she want to amend the bill....

Scott Bullock, the Institute for Justice lawyer who argued Kelo will be speaking next Monday at the University of Hawaii School of Law ....

...the environmental lawyers upped the ante by calling Callies a liar and a sell-out....

The Democratic Party has two reliable groups of adherents: the rich and the poor...Both groups have little use for the middle class....

Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....

...In "City followed law in issuing Hao Street development permit," he makes some good points we don't usually see being made by government officials....

... University of Hawaii Law School panel about "The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii"....

...it is difficult if not impossible to overturn a land use district boundary amendment as contrary to IAL designation, when it does not yet exist...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 from 7:15 - 8:30 p.m., at the University of Hawaii Law School ....

Jeff and his wife Laurie Stone contributed $3000 to Kirk Caldwell's recent Mayoral campaign....

Presented by the Environmental Law Program and the Federalist Society at 12:15 p.m. in CR1 at UH Richardson Law School Thursday, February 21....

...Somebody is playing a joke on Sen Thielen, making her oppose her previous proposal....

Did you know that as a Hawaii landowner you own all unmarked or unbranded cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, and swine, over twelve months of age, which may be running wild on your land?

“The Commission granted Hawaiian Electric and C&C a waiver from competitive bidding based on, among other conditions, demonstrated ‘site control.’"

Even in Honolulu, housing affordability has deteriorated markedly, with the Median Multiple rising 0.6 points in just the last year. Honolulu was less affordable than all but Hong Kong and Vancouver...

...a "zoning verification" by the Director of the City and County's Department of Planning and Permitting is not a "decision of the Director"....

House Bill 17 is scheduled for its first hearing in the House Committee on Water and Land on Friday, January 25 at 8:30 a.m. in House Conference Room 325....

Repeal Bills:  SB 1; SBs 245, 246; SB 338; SB 425; SB 480; SB 663; SBs 780, 781; SB 866....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has accepted certiorari and agreed to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' unpublished memorandum opinion in Diamond v. Dobbin....