Land Use

...Nancy Cabral (Hawai‘i County), Linda Estes (Kaua‘i County) and Gary Okuda (At-Large)....

...Blood bank sues over city push to take land for rail.... 

Hawaii federal judge Susan Oki Mollway yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a private landowner against the State of Hawaii after the State Land Use Commission in 2011 reverted more than 1,000 acres of land in South Kohala on Hawaii island from urban to agricultural use....

...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....

...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....

The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....

The case involves three parcels on Kauai -- one of which is owned by a fellow who has been a thorn in the County's side....

I asked why CFS and other groups like Shaka aren’t informing followers of rat lungworm disease....

It's always fun to watch one segment of socially conscious progressivism light into another....

... the parcel is zoned "Hotel" but is designated on the Community Plan as "park" ....

...the court also issued a writ of execution, ordering the local branches of the banks in which the CNMI government kept its cash to deliver "all monies and proceeds" to the property owner's lawyer....

...a case to watch being argued next week in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...the last project to be approved was in 2013....

Instead of spending money on enforcement, it would be better to use resources to expedite the permitting process....

...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....

Really Obvious Question: How much did DLNR pay for this 635 acre parcel?  --- DLNR isn't telling ....

...what isn’t working....

Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....

By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....

Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Aliiolani Hale....

“local barriers to housing development have intensified....”

10 insects and 39 plants ....

...the County of Kauai is condemning several Hanalei-area parcels to expand an adjacent public beach park....

The brief asks the Supreme Court to correct a critical error that could impact future eminent domain cases....

...Ige announced the appointment of Samuel M. Gon III to the Board of Land and Natural Resources....

The case involves three parcels on Kauai -- one of which is owned by a fellow who has been a thorn in the County's side....

...Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., in Conference Room 224....

“You don’t want rules made entirely for people that have something, at the expense of people who don’t,” said Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers....

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....

...if a taking is abandoned or dismissed prior to final judgment, the condemnor is on the hook for "damages."....

...It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency don't practice it themselves....

...we have an old eminent domain code and don't have a whole lot of current decisional law applying it....

Guam land titles can be seriously messed up....

Here's what we are reading today....

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate....

...the "agricultural lands" section of the Hawaii Constitution isn't self-executing....

Ancestral landowners in Guam who claim they were never fully compensated for property confiscated during World War II will have their day in court....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected 157,000 acres of critical habitat for 125 species of plants and animals from the Hawaiian islands of Molokai, Maui and Kahoolawe....

...any policy that effectively discriminates against minorities, even if not intentional, violates the Fair Housing Act of 1968....

...Hawaii land use policies discriminate unfairly against minorities and the poor....

Bottom line: the plaintiff's takings claims are going to trial....

...We've asked whether Hawaii also might need a Property Rights Court....

The State removed the civil rights lawsuit to U.S. District Court in Honolulu....

Representative Yamane indicated that this effectively kills both bills for this session....