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Land Use

1 Dec 2022

EDITORIAL: Kona Development Puts LUC in Uncharted Territory

by Teresa | posted in: December 2022, Editorial, Land Use | 0

What on earth is going on at the University of the Nations-Kona? More specifically, what is the Land Use Commission going to do with the messy situation that confronts it? The development proposal that prompted the LUC to redistrict 62 … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Dec 2022

New & Noteworthy: Big Island Housing, Camping on Ag Land

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, December 2022, Land Use, New & Noteworthy | 0

Clawing Back: Hawaiʻi County is arguing that the federal government should give it the land in Kealakehe that was purchased as part of a fraudulent housing scheme, $938,428 in cash forfeited by former housing employee Alan Rudo, and 45 affordable … Continued

Patricia Tummons
4 Nov 2022

Condominium Regime at Marconi Point Complicates Construction, Enforcement

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Development, Endangered Species, Land Use, November 2022 | 1

“Marconi Point Condominiums is an Agricultural Condominium Property Regime (‘CPR’) in a prime oceanfront location … east of Turtle Bay Resort next to Arnold Palmer Golf Course. All units in the CPR have private access to the sandy beach in … Continued

4 Nov 2022

New & Noteworthy: ʻĀina Leʻa, Koloa, and a Correction

by Teresa | posted in: Endangered Species, Land Use, New & Noteworthy, November 2022 | 2

NEW & NOTEWORTHYʻĀina Leʻa Update: On October 7, 3rd Circuit Judge Wendy DeWeese approved the sale of roughly 38 acres of land in the Big Island district of South Kohala to Romspen Investment, one of the several creditors of ʻĀina … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
1 Oct 2022

ʻAina Leʻa Is on the Verge of Losing Land Designated for Affordable Housing

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, October 2022 | 0

Above photo: These affordable units built by ‘Aina Le’a more than a decade ago are still not ready for sale. What’s been happening recently with ʻAina Leʻa, the development that has been proposed for around 1,000 acres across Queen Kaʻahumanu … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Oct 2022

New & Noteworthy: Birds, Red Hill Inquiry, and a Clarification

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, New & Noteworthy, October 2022, Pollution | 0

Poems and Pinions: One of the heaviest, most serious tomes in any reputable library of a Hawaiʻi conservation biologist is Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of Hawaiʻi, edited by Charles Stone, Cliff Smith, and Tim Tunison. And now that … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Aug 2022

Four Charged in Schemes to Defraud Hawai‘i County Housing Program

by Teresa | posted in: August 2022, Land Use | 1

On June 22, Alan Scott Rudo, a former staffer with the Hawai`i County Office of Housing and Community Development, signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, admitting his participation in a conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. That plea … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Aug 2022

Courts Roundup

by Teresa | posted in: August 2022, Land Use, Water | 0

Sierra Club Appeals BLNR Decision Over Four East Maui Stream Permits For now, the four permits granted in 2020 by the Board of Land and Natural Resources to Alexander & Baldwin and its East Maui irrigation Company so they could … Continued

Teresa Dawson
3 Jul 2022

Farm Dwellings, Overnight Camps at Issue In 2 Court Cases the LUC Votes to Appeal

by Teresa | posted in: July 2022, Land Use | 0

Two recent judicial rulings have sent the Land Use Commission back to court. The first, a ruling on May 2 by 3rd Circuit Judge Wendy DeWeese, overturned a Hawaiʻi County law, supported by the LUC, that banned short-term vacation rentals … Continued

Patricia Tummons
3 Jul 2022

BOARD TALK: Miloli‘i CBSFA; Legacy Lands

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Fisheries, July 2022, Land Use | 0

Land Board Heeds Community’s Wishes In New Rules for Miloli‘i Fishing Area On June 9, seventeen years after the Legislature designated Miloli`i as a Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA), the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved rules … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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In This Issue

  • February 2026 PDF February 3, 2026
  • A Conversation with Ciara Kahahane February 3, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: ADC Land Management Questions In Kea‘au, Central O‘ahu February 3, 2026
  • Warehouse Owners, Solar Firms Sue Each Other Over Botched Solar Development at Marconi Point February 3, 2026
  • Board Talk: Fishing Fine, Renewable Energy Approvals February 3, 2026
  • Haleakalā Trail Injunction Effect Remains Unclear, While Hiking Advocates Press for Improvements February 3, 2026

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