Honolulu County

...Two examples of the old way of thinking, both in Honolulu....

...It doesn’t matter whether those restrictions actually do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; all that matters is that they be as restrictive as possible....

... Personal Services prepare to re-open, hoping Mayor's Tier 2 proposal is approved by Thursday ....

...rehire employees according to a strict formula based on an occupancy ratio....

...Closed local businesses feel discriminated against, seek to clear up misunderstanding....

...City initiates “Climate Ready O‘ahu” adaptation strategy; welcomes resident participation and engagement via on-line tools launched today....

...an effort specifically directed at the City’s 303 park locations....

...First Circuit Judge Steven Alm’s probation reform pilot program, Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), which launched in 2004 to reduce recidivism and probation violations....

We are feverishly trying to spend federal dollars for the common good....

...Fortunately City workers are not likely to get furloughs.  I don’t know how we would survive without public employees like these....

...Tier 1 includes, but is not limited to, the following changes....

...Two questions on the upcoming general election ballot relate to the Honolulu Ethics Commission's budget and staffing.... 

...a bus-only lane on King St thru downtown just 1 block from the existing Hotel Street Busway....

...The proposed rule would require the Department to hold a community meeting and solicit family and community feedback before providing official comment on proposed developments....

...This purchase adds ZERO new affordable units because these units were already affordable in the private sector....

...Term Limits for Prosecutor and other questions ....

...Bill 48 elevates the exemption threshold of home repairs from $1,000 to $5,000....

...the dashboard is meant to ensure transparency and allow the public to view in real time City progress in allocating and spending CARES funds....

...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....

...Live at Facebook.com/KokuaCouncil on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 11am to 12:30pm....

...City parks, botanical gardens, certain park facilities, and beaches will reopen on Thursday, Sept. 10....

...A knock on the door and a “good morning, Special Agents from the Attorney General’s Office” greeted nearly two dozen people under travel quarantine orders at two Waikīkī hotels....

...12 of the people named have addresses on the Big Island — four in Hilo, two in Pahoa, two in Waimea, one in Keaau, one in Kealakekua, one in Mountain View and one in Hawi. The remaining 10 addresses are on Oahu....

...taxpayers of the City and County of Honolulu deserve to know the details of this proposed contract prior to any decision being made on it....

...Since the March 18 closure in response to the pandemic, only researchers and staff have left foot prints on the shoreline of the nature preserve....

...in an effort to eliminate crowds to support minimizing coronavirus outbreaks.... 

...Protest Against Hawaii's Illegal Lockdown by David Ige and Kirk Caldwell....

...Ige has approved Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-25, reinstating a “Stay at Home/Work from Home” Order for the island of O‘ahu, effective at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, through September 9....

...Hawaii’s local businesses have taken the economic brunt of stopping the spread of COVID-19....

...Megan Kau hired by Miske....

...No symptoms necessary...Surge test participants will not be subject to the fourteen-day quarantine that other test programs require. ...

...Discussion with OCCC Sgt. Lana Hughes about pandemic conditions at the facility - August 23, 2020....

...including a strip club, bars, Honolulu Hale, homeless shelter, and jail.... 

...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....

...“While the mayor has ordered these gardens closed for nearly a month, we need to make sure that when they reopen, more people can have access to garden plots, with increased awareness, easier access and clearer guidelines that minimize red tape. The program needs to be expanded,” Pine said....

...all city workers are instructed to work from home through September 6, if possible....

...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....

...The “Act With Care – Do Not Gather” Order is effective Saturday, August 8, 2020, at 12 a.m., and will continue through 11:59 p.m. on September 4....

...Project preps traffic for self-driving cars, more....

...Order 2020-22 does not allow for indoor or outdoor social gatherings to exceed 10 people....

...Honolulu Council District III candidate Alan Texeira was convicted of DUI March 10, 2020....

...These were affordable as private-sector units.  The city has added exactly ZERO affordable units to the available supply in Honolulu.  This is a waste of $4M that could have gone to build new units....

...3 foot storm surge at center of hurricane....

...Mayoral candidate forum with former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, former Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Councilmember Kym Pine, and former State Rep. Bud Stonebraker....

• For Honolulu Mayor, Bud Stonebraker.   
• For Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, RJ Brown  

...In 2010, the city estimated that it would spend $3.4 billion in capital costs through fiscal year 2020....  

...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....

...on January 28, 2018, while working as on-duty officers, Rabago and Reginald Ramones conspired to force an individual to lick a urinal in a public bathroom...in a separate and unrelated incident prior to January, 2018, Rabago made another individual place his head in a public bathroom toilet in order to avoid arrest....

...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....

...sponsored by Hawaii Women Lawyers....