Gov. Josh Green touts Senate Bill 2919 as pivotal tool to address the state’s housing crisis and ensures counties can guide their future development, but opponents say it does not address the true causes of Hawai’i’s housing shortage.
The area, known as ‘Anaeho‘omalu Kapalaoa, is listed as priority No. 1 in the 2023 annual report of the Hawai‘i County Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission.
No matter on which side of the issue you stand, the goals the proposed legislation hopes to achieve have merit, so give us your opinion on what the bills are trying to accomplish by voting now.
After losing their school during the 2018 lava flow, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School is looking to raise $2 million to buy land and stabilize their new campus at Nani Mau Gardens in Hilo.