In a complaint filed May 26 in U.S. District Court, the owner of nearly 100 acres of coastal, agricultural land on Oʻahu’s North Shore alleged that the City & County of Honolulu violated his companies’ due process rights by stymieing … Continued
(This article has been corrected. The original version included the wrong date for the preliminary injunction hearing. It was not to be on July 19, but on July 21.) On July 21, Environmental Court Judge John Tonaki will hear a … Continued
UIPA Request: In addition to seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, fees, and compensation (see cover story), the complaint filed in May by Marconi Point-related companies owned by Jeremiah Henderson III have also asked the U.S. District … Continued
More ʻAina Leʻa Delays: A year ago, the 38-acre parcel on which ʻAina Leʻa had begun to build the first of nearly 400 units of “affordable housing” was sold at a foreclosure auction to Romspen Investment Corporation, one of the … Continued
Fifteen years ago, the Land Use Commission approved the redistricting request of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Maui. By the commission placing the land into the Urban District, the church could move forward with an ambitious, $20 million, 10-year plan to … Continued
It’s almost an annual event these days. The Board of Land and Natural Resources issues month-to-month revocable permits allowing the diversion of millions of gallons a day of water from East Maui streams. And the permits are challenged by the … Continued
For a few days last June, the website of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council carried, under the rubric of news releases, a notice that it was seeking “private legal counsel and/or other relevant outside services” to assist the council … Continued
In November 2021, the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General determined that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council had inappropriately spent about 28 percent — $1,237,671 of $4.5 million – of monies drawn from its Sustainable Fisheries Fund over … Continued
Koaiʻa Sanctuary: The Department of Land and Natural Resources has applied to Hawaiʻi County to subdivide a large parcel of land now leased to Parker Ranch in order to extend a sanctuary for Acacia koaiʻa, the smaller cousin of the … Continued