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
The state is one step closer to turning a parcel in Wahiawā that has long been a public health and safety concern into a new substation for the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement. … Continued
Whether short-term vacation rentals can exist on land in the state Agricultural District seemed for a while a question that the Supreme Court had decided once and for all back in September 2024. That month, the high court issued a … Continued
Over the last year, the members of the state Land Use Commission have not held back when it comes to expressing their interest in becoming more involved in the legislative process. They have objected to testimony given by their executive … Continued
By law, the Land Use Commission has nine members. Five are at-large, four are representatives of their respective counties. One of these is to have expertise in Hawaiian culture and traditions. At present, one seat is vacant. Two current members … Continued
ADC Squatters: Last March, Environment Hawaiʻi reported on Pacific Biodiesel’s rent-free use of 1.53 acres of land owned by the Agribusiness Development Corporation. The ADC’s “Hawaiʻi Agribusiness Plan 2025” report, dated January 2026, states that the parcel, in Shipman Industrial … Continued
The lawsuits over activities at Marconi Point on Oʻahu’s North Shore just keep coming. This time, they’re over the development of a large solar photovoltaic system on the rooftops of eight agricultural warehouses on land owned by RCA Trade Center, … Continued