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Saturday, August 29, 2015 |
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What are Homeless Hawaiians Worth to OHA?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:14 PM :: 7639 Views :: Homelessness, OHA
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...A homeless family of four would be worth $30,400 per year--just for OHA's "fair market" land lease....
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
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Ige Leadership Big Announcement: 28 Shelter Spaces Open Up
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 4811 Views :: Homelessness
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The Governor’s Leadership Team has also identified five state-owned portable buildings that can be used to provide temporary shelter for families. Locations for these buildings are currently being considered....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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Hale Mauliola construction contract awarded: Caldwell Vetoes One Sit-Lie Bill, Signs Another
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 5777 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...transitional housing for up to 83 persons in 25 containers by the end of the year....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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Survey: 78% of Homeless Willing to go to Shelter--Yet Don't
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 4673 Views :: Homelessness
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...the survey was undertaken the week of August 3....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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Profiting from Homelessness: Publicist, Lobbyist Take Control
By Selected News Articles @ 8:45 PM :: 10494 Views :: Homelessness
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With zero experience in getting families off the street....
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Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
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What Rep. Sylvia Luke, Sen. Brian Schatz, the City Council and the Mayor don’t know about solving Honolulu’s homelessness crisis
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 PM :: 5186 Views :: Homelessness
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If the Gov’s team wants to learn why Hawaii should try Housing First, they can start with Google and actually learn a lot....
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Friday, August 14, 2015 |
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Interior Grants $500,000 to Stand Up Micronesian One Stop Service Centers in Guam and Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 5033 Views :: Homelessness
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The initial focus of the center will be in the areas of health, education, housing and homelessness, as well as labor. It is centrally located at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Honolulu....
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Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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PHOCUSED Exec Appointed Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 4849 Views :: Homelessness
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... PHOCUSED wins a round in the battle for control of the homelessness industry ....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Pine: Homeless Solutions for Leeward Oahu
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:45 PM :: 6784 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...almost a quarter of Oahu's unsheltered homeless are the Leeward district....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Ige Appoints Committee to Talk About Homelessness, Calls it Leadership
By News Release @ 4:20 AM :: 4869 Views :: Homelessness
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...“The underlying issues that lead to homelessness ... cannot be resolved quickly,” said Gov. Ige....
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 |
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Heroes Housing Heroes to help end veteran homelessness
By News Release @ 3:49 AM :: 7300 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Military
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“We are calling on all property owners who have studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units across O‘ahu to be a part of the solution to veteran homelessness.”
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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IHS to Operate Sand Island Homeless Transitional Housing
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 7176 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...city launches innovative new partnerships to provide cultural integration to COFA populations....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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Caldwell refuses to sign Council Budget Bills
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 5943 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...The City Council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) positions needed to address homelessness and the affordable housing crisis....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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DHS: For First Time Majority of Homeless Refusing Shelter
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 AM :: 5911 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...A total of 1,217 homeless refusing shelter have been added to Hawaii's homeless population in the last two years....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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City Plans Sand Island Modular Housing for Homeless
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 5950 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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Caldwell announces plan to build Hale Mauliola temporary modular housing and provide services for homeless on Sand Island site....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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Council Refuses to Back Down After Caldwell Threatens to Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 6613 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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Caldwell: I will Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City Unless Council Funds 'Positions'
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Honolulu: 40% of Homeless Refusing to Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 5992 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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The number of homeless individuals on Oahu is 4,903, a 4% (191) increase over 2014. The percentage of those who are unsheltered is 40% (1,939), the highest percentage since these data were collected in 2009....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
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UPDATE: AG Charges Two Homeless Shelter Directors with Embezzment
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 8736 Views :: Ethics, Homelessness
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...Former WCO Executive Director Sophina Placencia (who has now also been charged) said the organization's board of directors fired Pitolo in May 2010 after she discovered Pitolo had stolen money....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 8051 Views :: Homelessness, Rail, Taxes, Drugs
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A report on the top state issues of 2015....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Occupy Honolulu Suit -- Losing Still Pays off for Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 4622 Views :: Homelessness
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De-Occupy asserted 14 causes of action but failed to succeed on any of them....
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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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Making the World Better Doesn’t Come Just By What You Eat
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:25 PM :: 5967 Views :: Homelessness, GMOs
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Eating Ben and Jerry’s apparently can make a person morally superior to regular folks who can only afford Meadow Gold....
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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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Update: Low Income Legislative Agenda
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 7093 Views :: Homelessness, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Hawaii Appleseed is making solid progress advancing important legislation to benefit low-income people in our state....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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Waikiki: Homelessness Ended for 81 Individuals
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 4970 Views :: Homelessness
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...25 are in shelter; 43 are receiving homeless prevention assistance; seven were placed directly into housing; and another six have been assisted with airline funds which have enabled them to be reconnected with families in the U.S. mainland....
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Saturday, February 21, 2015 |
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How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah
By Selected News Articles @ 7:51 PM :: 5277 Views :: Homelessness
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In the past nine years, Utah has decreased the number of homeless by 72 percent—largely by finding and building apartments where they can live, permanently, with no strings attached....
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Friday, February 13, 2015 |
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Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 4951 Views :: Homelessness
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...a 50% increase in people experiencing homelessness from out-of-state compared to last winter season....
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
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Hawaii #1 in Homelessness (again)
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 7012 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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In 2014, Mississippi had the lowest number of homeless people per 100,000, as it did for the previous three years....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 5951 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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...newly eligible adults will have access to addiction treatments this year, many for the first time....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:31 PM :: 5151 Views :: Homelessness
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...at the Wai'anae Boat Harbor, outreach workers are trying to help transition to supportive housing....
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Monday, January 12, 2015 |
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IHS: New Laws Pushing Homeless to Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 10:32 AM :: 6140 Views :: Homelessness
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Those served include many seniors who have been homeless for over 10 years (41%)....
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Friday, December 19, 2014 |
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Hawaii's Demise Through the Eyes of the Economist
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:51 AM :: 5010 Views :: Homelessness
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...Homeless? Buy a One-Way Ticket to Hawaii -- Hawaii "is attracting homeless people from the mainland US by offering food, a bed, and health care for just $3 a day."....
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
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Nanakuli: City to Update Homeless Project
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 4632 Views :: Homelessness
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Tuesday, January 27th at 6:30 p.m. during the Church with No Walls service at Nanaikapono Protestant Church....
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Monday, December 8, 2014 |
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Honolulu 31st Lowest Concentration of Disadvantaged
By News Release @ 12:21 PM :: 5405 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...2014’s Cities with the Highest and Lowest Population in Need....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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UH Report: 14,282 Homeless in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 5495 Views :: Homelessness
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5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....
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Monday, November 17, 2014 |
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National Report Shows Hawaii 6th Lowest Child Homelessness
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 5463 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Caldwell to host affordable housing town hall meeting
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 7456 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Waikiki Homeless Outreach Begins Nov 3
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 6001 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....
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Monday, October 20, 2014 |
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Caldwell Town Halls to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 7459 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Homelessness
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Three meetings to be held to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
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Saturday, October 4, 2014 |
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Will Tom Brower ever learn?
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 7051 Views :: Ethics, Homelessness, Politicians
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...This is the third taxpayer-funded mailer Brower has sent out on the shopping cart issue and it is drawing a complaint....
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Saturday, September 20, 2014 |
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Judge Grants TRO as ACLU Pushes Claim That Panhandling is First Amendment Right
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 7437 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Homelessness
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The TRO prohibits Hawaii County from interfering with Plaintiff Justin Guy’s right to hold a sign (saying “Homeless Please Help”) by the side of the road....
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Friday, September 19, 2014 |
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Aiona Only Candidate to Release Policy Initiatives
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 9233 Views :: Education K-12, Homelessness, Politicians, Republican Party
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...a detailed plan with practical solutions for our state’s toughest issues: Homelessness, Affordable Housing, and Education....
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Friday, September 12, 2014 |
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Legislative Report Debunks Homeless Tent City
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 4390 Views :: Homelessness
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...Creating camping areas for homeless individuals ... is unworkable, is not advisable, and should not be pursued...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014 |
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Homelessness: Council Ignores Waikiki Residents' Plea for Help
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 4968 Views :: Homelessness
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...the City Council is sending the message that the interests of panhandlers and substance abusers are more important than the concerns of the visitor industry and the 32,000 citizens who make their home in Waikiki....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Solving Social Problems with Pay-For-Success Contracts
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 4326 Views :: Homelessness
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California Senate Bill 593 would utilize private-sector ideas, and funds, to address problems such as homelessness and crime recidivism....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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Homeless in Hawaii? Lawmaker wants to give you a free flight home
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:54 PM :: 4328 Views :: Homelessness
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...Cabanilla wants Abercrombie to implement “Return to Home,” a pilot program signed into law in June 2013....
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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Prohibiting Sitting Or Laying Down On Oahu's Sidewalks 24/7 Makes Law More Susceptible To Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 2:03 AM :: 5298 Views :: Homelessness
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Expansion of the scope may leave a slightly wider opening for challenge....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Janet Grace–Waikiki HD22 Designated A Top House Race
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 6840 Views :: Ethics, Homelessness, Politicians
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...Tom Brower's use of state money to buy the sledgehammer that he used to smash the shopping carts of the homeless is a story that just won't die...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Grace for Waikiki: Ethics Commission Should Ban Sledgehammer Purchases by Legislators
By News Release @ 12:39 PM :: 8604 Views :: Ethics, Homelessness, Politicians
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"...Brower abused the power of his position last year by using legislative office funds to purchase a sledgehammer which he subsequently used in raids to destroy shopping carts used by the homeless...."
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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
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Aiona Proposes Homeless Court, Veterans Outreach
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 8:01 PM :: 5596 Views :: Homelessness
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...Today, at Kaka‘ako Makai Gateway Park, Duke Aiona released details of his pioneering plans to address the homeless crisis in Hawai‘i....
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