Honolulu County

...thanks to a Christmas Tree Clause in 13-33, developers and wealthy individuals with 10 acres or more have been given an easy out for upzoned properties....

The issue first came to light last month when constituents contacted my office, and on August 19th we brought the issue to the Administration....

...FEMA has completed revisions to the City’s Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps that will affect 12 map areas on Oahu....

Robert Clark, president of the Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association referred to Waianae residents’ concerns as “total ignorance” ....

...Kailua Neighborhood Board overwhelmingly adopted a resolution asking the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to respect the zoning and quality of life of residential neighborhoods and stop promoting Kailua....

Resolution 13-177 initiates a proposed Charter Amendment....

Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Auditorium....

Wednesday August 21, 2013 9AM....

...submit applications to the Department of Customer Services by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30....

The Grants in Aid Advisory Commission has released its recommendations for grant proposals to the Honolulu City Council....

The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....

On July 10, 2013, Mayor Kirk Caldwell proposed ten property tax bills. All ten bills passed the first reading at the Honolulu City Council....

Public Safety and Economic Development Committee hearing at Honolulu Hale, July 16th at 9:00 a.m....

Dr. Christopher B. Happy has been selected as Honolulu’s Chief Medical Examiner....

Evacuation time, 10 hours....

The Council dealt with the imbalance by “cutting approximately one-half of the funding that is required to fill vacant positions”.....

daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....

Nearly a year and a half ago, a commission appointed by the Honolulu City Council to study some of the inequities in the real property tax ordinance dropped its findings on the desks of Council members....

the City will be awarding non profit Grants in Aid, totaling about $5.5 million for this upcoming fiscal year....

“This is the transparent process initiated by the City Council and approved by voters last year."

FACE continued claiming to represent residents through its support group OH-NO as late as the October 2012 Budget Cmte meeting, four months after the state administratively dissolved OH-NO....

Eligible voters who have misplaced passcodes may receive them by calling 768-3716....

...delegates will be electing a new county chair after a long tenure by former chairperson, Tony Gill....

...transportation initiatives on the horizon that promise to reshape our travel time commute in the years to come....

Neighborhood Board election voting runs from April 27 through Friday May 17....

... include three important projects that I am fighting to secure ....

The City will resume preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement....

... should be premised on the provision of fair compensation to the City and County of Honolulu ....

... six town hall meetings that will be held across Oahu during the month of May ....

...seeking proposals from (ahem) 'qualified non-profit organizations' for $1.6 million in Grants-in-Aid funds....

Nelson H. Koyanagi Jr. to be Director of the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (BFS), and Gary Kurokawa to be Deputy Director.....

When I was building my cabinet, I knew that I did not want a team who would be satisfied with just keeping the lights on....

Characteristics receiving the lowest excellent or good ratings were the availability of affordable quality housing (9%) .... 

Does your street show up on the alphabetical list of  “failed” or “serious” streets? Find out here ....

"HUD evictees will be made into instant criminals...."

The Hawaii section of the petition points out a federal lawsuit filed in December 2012 alleging that the City and County of Honolulu violated the due process rights of "De-Occupy Honolulu"....

...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....