Land Use

... 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 ....

... 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....

...More mandates and government red tape won’t build houses....

...no land shortage....

...With an 11% top rate, many Hawaii residents are looking for two tickets out of paradise....

...HAWSCT: When Agency Includes Conditions In Phase 1 Land Use Permit, But Later Removes The Conditions In Phase 2 Permit, Party Who Asked For Conditions Is Entitled To Notification....

...smaller steps that could lead to big results....

"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage building permits and inspections...."

...The community event, called E Ola I Ka Wai: Elevating Advocacy to Protect Our Precious Waters, is a partnership between OHA and the Waiwai Collective....

...When supply can’t keep up with demand, prices go up....

...Vernon Char, Wesley “Kaiwi” Yoon, Christopher Yuen....

...Houston is America's largest city without any zoning laws....

...Hawai‘i’s natural resource management jobs were at least 4,697 in 2018....

...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....

...Here is the motion asking the Hawaii Supreme Court for leave to file an amicus curiae brief (and the proposed brief)....

...Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated people who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources....

... read the full complaint ....