The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 23, 2022, by the Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land. _______________ To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair Sen. Gilbert
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 17, 2022, by the House Committee on Water and Land. _______________ To: House Committee on Water and Land Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco, Vice Chair From:
The testimony below was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 11, 2022, by the House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Ted Kefalas’ oral testimony follows. _______________ To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair
The following written testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 11, 2022, by the Senate Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Development. __________ To: Senate Committee on Health Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 3, 2022, by the Senate Committee on Housing and the Senate Committee on Government Operations. ____________ To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley Chang, Chair Sen. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Vice Chair Senate Committee on Government
The following is testimony submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 3, 2022, by the Hawaii Senate committees on Housing and Government Operations. It concerns the ALOHA homes proposal, which first surfaced at the Legislature in 2019. ___________________ To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley
A bill being considered by the Honolulu County Council could potentially devastate Hawaii’s vacation rental industry by limiting short-term rentals on Oahu to no less than 180 days at a time. That was the message of short-term rental owners Ed Jones and Peggy Aurand, who joined host Keli’i Akina on
The following commentary was published originally on Jan. 7, 2022, in The Maui News. ____________ Maui County is set to see a fresh set of housing regulations, if the County Council approves additional pieces of a new plan. The proposed “Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan” contains sweeping reforms to
In the name of increasing affordable housing on Maui, well-intended people are poised to wreak havoc on the island’s vacation rental market. Jen Russo, executive director of the Maui Vacation Rental Association, explained the looming problems during her appearance on the Nov. 8 edition of “Hawaii Together,” hosted by Keli’i
Almost 1,000 people statewide express broad support for policies that could increase housing inventory in Hawaii and help ease high prices HONOLULU, Oct. 26, 2021 >> When Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina wrote in his weekly column this past Saturday that “most of us” in Hawaii agree there is
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 23, 2022, by the Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Water and Land. _______________ To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair Sen. Gilbert
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 17, 2022, by the House Committee on Water and Land. _______________ To: House Committee on Water and Land Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco, Vice Chair From:
The testimony below was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration Feb. 11, 2022, by the House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Ted Kefalas’ oral testimony follows. _______________ To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair
The following written testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 11, 2022, by the Senate Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Development. __________ To: Senate Committee on Health Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 3, 2022, by the Senate Committee on Housing and the Senate Committee on Government Operations. ____________ To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley Chang, Chair Sen. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Vice Chair Senate Committee on Government
The following is testimony submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration on Feb. 3, 2022, by the Hawaii Senate committees on Housing and Government Operations. It concerns the ALOHA homes proposal, which first surfaced at the Legislature in 2019. ___________________ To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley
A bill being considered by the Honolulu County Council could potentially devastate Hawaii’s vacation rental industry by limiting short-term rentals on Oahu to no less than 180 days at a time. That was the message of short-term rental owners Ed Jones and Peggy Aurand, who joined host Keli’i Akina on
The following commentary was published originally on Jan. 7, 2022, in The Maui News. ____________ Maui County is set to see a fresh set of housing regulations, if the County Council approves additional pieces of a new plan. The proposed “Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan” contains sweeping reforms to
In the name of increasing affordable housing on Maui, well-intended people are poised to wreak havoc on the island’s vacation rental market. Jen Russo, executive director of the Maui Vacation Rental Association, explained the looming problems during her appearance on the Nov. 8 edition of “Hawaii Together,” hosted by Keli’i
Almost 1,000 people statewide express broad support for policies that could increase housing inventory in Hawaii and help ease high prices HONOLULU, Oct. 26, 2021 >> When Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina wrote in his weekly column this past Saturday that “most of us” in Hawaii agree there is
