In their ongoing federal lawsuit against the City & County of Honolulu, companies owned by the developer of the Marconi Point Condominiums on Oʻahu’s North Shore now argue that a 2017 email among Department of Planning and Permitting staff that … Continued
In June 2020, Launiupoko Irrigation Company filed a request for a rate increase with the Public Utilities Commission. Among other things, it sought PUC approval for nearly $10 million in loans that it had received from Peter Martin, who holds … Continued
More Protections for Cetaceans: At its recent meeting in Fiji, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted a measure intended to provide some measure of protection to whales and dolphins that interact with longline fishing vessels throughout the vast … Continued
Kona Three Goes Down: The long and fraught controversy over a housing development proposed more than 40 years ago just south of Kailua-Kona seems to have come to an end. On November 20, the Hawaiʻi County Council voted down a … Continued
RCA Trade Center, Inc., and MP Unit 21, LLC, are not letting go of their lawsuit against a couple that complained last year about large warehouses erected near its home within the Marconi Point Condominiums project. The companies hope to … Continued
The eight agricultural warehouses that stand out like sore thumbs within the Marconi Point Condominums property on Oʻahu’s North Shore are massive and, except for one of them, indefinitely empty. Whether they will ever start storing the fertilizer, seed, and … Continued
Discovery Harbour Verdict: A long-running lawsuit over development rights in the South Point area of Discovery Harbour was decided last month in favor of the developer, South Point Investment Group, LLC. Third Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto found that the properties … Continued
The Public Utilities Commission wants to know why some customers of the Launiupoko Water Company are consuming frankly outrageous amounts of potable water. And so, on October 17, it sent formal requests for information to LWC, laying out in detail … Continued
Twice last month the Intermediate Court of Appeals has found in favor of the County of Kauaʻi’s law governing the renewal of non-conforming permits to operate transient vacation rentals outside of designated resort zones. In one case, it reversed the … Continued
On October 11, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted unanimously to fine Juan and Judith Silva $85,000 for unauthorized modifications to a single-family residence and placement of accessory structures within their 11.8-acre property in the Conservation District … Continued