Land Use

Both are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval....

Here are the merits briefs in an important case set for argument later this month in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...several members of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission were sued by the property owner in their individual as well as official capacities....

It was on this day in 1984 that the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-0 decision in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....

The six layers of land use controls ....

In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement....

Turtle Bay vividly demonstrates the difference in problem solving between gubernatorial candidate Senator David Ige and Governor Neil Abercrombie....

"...OHA is not seeing resistance from Kamehameha Schools and Howard Hughes Corp., the two major developers in Kaka'ako Mauka, as suggested in the editorial...."

...leases which may be essential for Par Petroleum’s refinery operations....

Mr Zell controls 33 per cent of Par Petroleum, an oil and gas company operating in Hawaii....

HB 1902, introduced by state Representative Cindy Evans (D-7), would integrate a no net loss policy for public hunting lands in Hawaii....

SB 3122 SD1 exempts OHA, now owner of several Kakaako Makai parcels, from the prohibition of residential development on land makai of Ala Moana Boulevard....

The value of Pilaa beach, bay and reef includes use value, option value, commodity value, existence value, bequest value, cultural values, including value to indigenous people, and intrinsic value....

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an option in Diamond v. Dobbin....

HAWSCT: Triggers To Administrative Appeals Must Be Clear And Noticed....

The United States is home to some of the most counter-productive land use regulation....

For more than 10 years, a disagreement, and now a lawsuit, has continued concerning the ownership of, and public access to, an obscure trail crossing privately owned lands of Haleakala Ranch....

• DATE: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
• TIME: 10:30 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 016, State Capitol

FEMA's maps govern whether home and business owners are required to buy flood insurance....

The court concluded that the commissioner did not qualify as a valid holdover ....

This decision also reflects that the Recktenwald Court is continuing the Moon Court's policies of keeping the door to the courthouse doors opened as wide as possible....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its latest opinion in the apparently eternal metaphysical question of the circuit courts' appellate jurisdiction to review decisions under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act....

On January 8 and 9, 2014, the Seminar Group is putting on what we hope will become a regular event - the Hawaii Agriculture Conference....

Usually, in disputes about who owns oceanfront property (in Waikiki, the really nice part of Waikiki, down on the Diamond Head side), each party claims ownership....

...impacts to gross state product are negative (up to -$63 million)....

The amount of money necessary to buy a 1,000 square-foot apartment in Dallas would only buy a 460 square-foot apartment in Honolulu....

...after the Council adopts a resolution to take property, the city administration must within 90 days start the condemnation action....

"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....