Like-minded group of local activists, grassroots leaders and concerned citizens plan to host a meeting Saturday in Chinatown to brainstorm ways to improve Honolulu’s 50-year-old Neighborhood Board System.
Honolulu Neighborhood Board Commission Executive Secretary Lloyd Yonenaka reports
Lloyd Yonenaka says his friends asked him why he applied to head the Blangiardi administration s Neighborhood Board Commission.
This administration in particular looks upon the Neigborhood Board as a tremendous asset. For me, that s important.
After serving as information officer for Maui County for 20 years, then doing community relations at Hawaiian Homelands, Yonenaka says working in neighborhoods is what he likes to do.
I like the neighborhood boards. I believe they re underutilized, I believe they can play a bigger role, I m just looking forward to seeing if we can expand their role and their value to the community and to government.
Honolulu Council Pushes for Virtual Meetings Permanently
A Honolulu City Council resolution urges the city to allow virtual meetings to be a permanent option for city commissions and boards, with a focus on Oahu s neighborhood boards and the City Council. by Mark Ladao, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser / February 16, 2021 Shutterstock
(TNS) A Honolulu City Council resolution urges the city to allow virtual meetings to be a permanent option for city commissions and boards, with a focus on Oahu s neighborhood boards and the City Council.
By emergency proclamation in March, Gov. David Ige suspended parts of Hawaii s Sunshine Law, which governs how state and city meetings are held, to allow public board meetings to be conducted remotely.