Hawaii Residents should not have to spend time trying to explain and convince the decision makers that SB3202 is problematic and deficient.

Lawmakers must disclose such seismic land-use hijacking to their most-affected constituents first. So far, it’s been a well-kept secret. But the rush is on to adopt this bill.

This STATE bill subverts COUNTY HOME RULE. It’s the Counties which manage and enforce the Land-Use Comprehensive Plans or Community Plans and so on. These plans requires public hearings and public participation. These processes take months and years.

Senator Stanley Chang from Oahu and Representative Luke Evslin sponsored SB3202 and HB1630. They expect to adopt this within four short months with hardly any public participation or disclosures. They’re both on the ballot this year.

Long-story short, the bills upends Hawaii’s residential landed properties zoned Residential 3.5, Residential 5, Residential 7.5, Residential 10, Country in the name of “affordable housing” :

1. To allow a dwelling on every 2,000 square feet of land.
2. To allow subdivision of these 2,000 square feet of land.
3. It’s that “simple”. If they are allowed to subdivide and build, they can “keep families together” and fill the “missingMiddle” gap, so the supporters say.

Read the written testimonies submitted by the usual development lobbyists, non-profits, building industries and related commerce. The supporters this time around included Real Estate Escrow Company, a Aloha Shirt Company and so on. It’s a view into who’s connected to who in Hawaii.

When a small segment of the public caught wind of it, there are more opinions from the frontline and the most affected. It’s interesting to scroll down. There are some very thoughtful insights and warnings. But they do not appear to cause some legislators to pause and think deeper.

This is the video of the April 1, 2024 hearing on SB3202. It’s understandable to expect special interests lobby for their own industry or personal interests.

But it’s alarming to see those in public offices not thoughtfully and dutifully represent the public interests i.e. Hawaii’s residents.

One example: Scroll to 1:49 to listen for a few minutes to this Hawaii County Planner. He obviously disses the elected Hawaii County Council but claims “I’m very much a Home Rule guy.” Who hired this guy?

There is whole lot more to discuss. But here’s an extremely brief poster about SB3202. It’s alarming that taxpayers will always be responsible for crappy malfeasance if the legislators push this Bill through on May 1, 2024.

I urge you to speak up. You have to protect yourself and your own future in Hawaii.

EMAIL and tell them your opinions. Or simply say “OPPOSE HAMMAJANG SB3202”.

Here are the email addresses. Copy & Paste:

repaiu@capitol.hawaii.gov, repalcos@capitol.hawaii.gov, repamato@capitol.hawaii.gov, repbelatti@capitol.hawaii.gov, repchun@capitol.hawaii.gov,  repcochran@capitol.hawaii.gov, repevslin@capitol.hawaii.gov, repganaden@capitol.hawaii.gov, repgarcia@capitol.hawaii.gov, repgarrett@capitol.hawaii.gov, repgates@capitol.hawaii.gov, rephashem@capitol.hawaii.gov, repholt@capitol.hawaii.gov, rephusseyburdick@capitol.hawaii.gov, repichiyama@capitol.hawaii.gov, repilagan@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkahaloa@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkapela@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkila@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkitagawa@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkobayashi@capitol.hawaii.gov, repkong@capitol.hawaii.gov, replachica@capitol.hawaii.gov, replamosao@capitol.hawaii.gov, replowen@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmarten@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmartinez@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmatayoshi@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmatsumoto@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmiyake@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmmizuno@capitol.hawaii.gov, repmorikawa@capitol.hawaii.gov, repnakamura@capitol.hawaii.gov, repnakashima@capitol.hawaii.gov, repnishimoto@capitol.hawaii.gov, reponishi@capitol.hawaii.gov, repperruso@capitol.hawaii.gov, reppierick@capitol.hawaii.gov, reppoepoe@capitol.hawaii.gov, repquinlan@capitol.hawaii.gov, repsaiki@capitol.hawaii.gov, repsayama@capitol.hawaii.gov, repsouza@capitol.hawaii.gov, reptakayama@capitol.hawaii.gov, reptakenouchi@capitol.hawaii.gov, reptam@capitol.hawaii.gov, reptarnas@capitol.hawaii.gov, reptodd@capitol.hawaii.gov, repward@capitol.hawaii.gov, repwoodson@capitol.hawaii.gov, repyamashita@capitol.hawaii.gov, senaquino@capitol.hawaii.gov, senawa@capitol.hawaii.gov, senchang@capitol.hawaii.gov, sendecoite@capitol.hawaii.gov, sendelacruz@capitol.hawaii.gov, senelefante@capitol.hawaii.gov, senfevella@capitol.hawaii.gov, senfukunaga@capitol.hawaii.gov, sengabbard@capitol.hawaii.gov, senhashimoto@capitol.hawaii.gov, senihara@capitol.hawaii.gov, seninouye@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkanuha@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkeohokalole@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkim@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkouchi@capitol.hawaii.gov, senlee@capitol.hawaii.gov, senmckelvey@capitol.hawaii.gov, senmoriwaki@capitol.hawaii.gov, senrhoads@capitol.hawaii.gov, senrichards@capitol.hawaii.gov, sensanbuenaventura@capitol.hawaii.gov, senshimabukuro@capitol.hawaii.gov, senwakai@capitol.hawaii.gov,