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Call our Hawaii State Legislators: Prioritize Public Safety & Hawaii’s Working People! Two weeks ago, 311 Hawaii residents emailed the top leadership of the Hawaii State Legislature, urging them to prioritize Hawaii’s working families as they deliberate over the state budget. Not a single one of these 311 people has received a response from these […]
The Hawaii State Legislature has been in recess due to COVID-19. But on Monday, our state legislators returned to the Capitol to work on the state’s budget. With over 230,000 unemployment claims filed since March because of mass layoffs from the pandemic, now is the time for our state legislators to step up. We need […]
Please help protect the health and wellness of our members, friends, and family that live, work, and play in Nānākuli and Mā‘ili. The PVT Land Company, Ltd. has been operating a landfill in Nānākuli since 1985 and now wishes to “relocate” across the street from current operations for another 30-40 years. (See draft EIS statement here.) […]
The Honolulu City Council has called for a Special Council meeting on Monday, June 17, 2019 @ 10:00 am. This is your last chance to come out and support Bill 85 CD2 and Bill 89 CD2. Both Bills would provide the City with the necessary tools for strong enforcement against illegal vacation rentals and help […]
Honolulu City Council has a Zoning & Planning committee hearing of two vacation rental bills this Friday, June 7 at 10:00am at Honolulu Hale. We strongly support Bill 85 CD2 and Bill 89 CD2, both submitted by Councilmembers Menor and Manahan, because we need strong enforcement of vacation rentals to protect our affordable housing. We […]
Honolulu City Council has their final hearing of some key vacation rentals bills this Wednesday, May 8 at 10am. Vacation rentals take away what little affordable housing is left in Hawaii, renting it out short-term to tourists instead. The only way to stop this is through strong enforcement against illegal vacation rentals. We strongly support […]
After we successfully pushed the Senate to oppose SB1292 HD3 (Airbnb’s bad bill) on Friday, they revived the bill yesterday and passed it. Now we need to urge Governor Ige to VETO this BAD BILL that would legitimize illegal vacation rentals, which are taking away what little affordable housing is left in Hawaii. Contact Gov. […]
GREAT NEWS! SB 1292 HD 3 failed to pass final reading yesterday! This BAD BILL, if passed, would legitimize illegal vacation rentals, which are taking away what little affordable housing is left in Hawaii. Here’s the list of the senators who voted NO: Stanley Chang Kurt Fevella Breene Harimoto Les Ihara Jr. Kaiali’i Kahele Jarrett […]
Bad news: yesterday, the State Senate voted yes on SB1292 HD3. This is a BAD BILL that would legitimize illegal vacation rentals, which are taking away what little affordable housing is left in Hawaii. The Senate is taking a final vote on SB1292 HD3 TODAY (Fri. 4/26). Please do the following by 4pm TODAY: Call […]
The State Senate is voting TODAY (Thu. 4/25) on SB1292 HD3. This is a BAD BILL that would legitimize illegal vacation rentals, which are taking away what little affordable housing is left in Hawaii. There are over 35,000 illegal vacation rentals in Hawaii—the vast majority are entire homes operated by mainland owners. The key to enforcing […]