To Protect Native Species, Habitat at Marconi, Land Board Seeks Revised Settlement Agreement Complete removal of an unauthorized fence in the Conservation District at Marconi Point may not be the best outcome for the surrounding habitat and protected species in … Continued
Above photo: Deputy DAB director Dean Matsukawa, DAB director Sharon Hurd, and DAB legislative liaison Cedric Gates meet with Rep. Mike Gabbard in this photo from April 2025. Credit: Gabbard Instagram Until Cedric Gates ran for state Senate in 2024, … Continued
Rudo Statement: Alan Rudo, the former Hawaiʻi County employee at the heart of a scheme to profit from the sale of housing credits, was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on May 28. In anticipation, he has submitted to … Continued
Last October, U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake granted a motion by the City & County of Honolulu and its Department of Planning and Permitting for summary judgment on a complaint brought in May 2023 by companies owned by the … Continued
Facing fines of more than $3.1 million, the landowner who paid for the unauthorized clearing of coastal vegetation — including endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bee habitat —at Marconi Point in October 2023 has tried to shift the blame onto his contractor. … Continued
On May 8, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands will request that the Board of Land and Natural Resources approve a settlement agreement for a violation case brought on April 26, 2024, regarding … Continued
On October 31, 2023, architect Tonia Moy emailed Jessica Puff and Mary Kodama of the State Historic Preservation Division’s architecture branch, introducing them to Sushil Garg, the new owner of lands that included the historic Marconi Wireless Telegraph Station on … Continued
LUC Nominees: On April 22, Governor Josh Green informed the Senate that he was withdrawing the nomination of Nancy Carr Smith for a second term on the Land Use Commission. According to the LUC, she will serve through June 30. … Continued
Russell Tsuji, until last year the longtime administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Land Division, is suing the DLNR and Dawn Chang, chair of the Board of Land and Natural Resources. His lawsuit, filed in 1st Circuit … Continued