{"id":2851,"date":"2023-04-12T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T00:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2023-04-15T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:20:14","slug":"city-employee-expresses-his-personal-views-against-windowless-units-as-a-private-citizen-in-bill-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=2851","title":{"rendered":"City Employee expresses his personal views against windowless units as a private citizen in Bill 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hnldoc.ehawaii.gov\/hnldoc\/measure\/2471\">Bill 21<\/a>, authored by City Councilman Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, asks for changes to the City County Housing Code to be consistent with the International Building Code (IBC) that allows windowless (no natural light and ventilation) housing units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santos-Tam, a construction industry lobbyist, said that the county needs to build 25,000 housing units and thus &#8220;optionality&#8221; is necessary in housing development. The statement begs many questions as to who these units are for and do we want Oahu to follow other countries&#8217; values and standards. Is this about helping developers or is this about meeting the needs of our local residents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an excellent example of a local government worker with lots of expertise and experience standing up for the public good, rather than developers. Michael O Silva, speaking as a private citizen, should be commended for speaking up. His testimony is free from self-interests but filled with common sense and aloha for the ordinary local residents.  Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/hnldoc.ehawaii.gov\/hnldoc\/document-download?id=17000\">testimonies<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/honolulu.granicus.com\/player\/clip\/2083?view_id=3&amp;redirect=true&amp;h=4565017179535a194a8a03d3e0b0f0f3\">Bill 21<\/a> here. It starts around the 1:46 mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-1024x582.png 1024w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-470x267.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-768x436.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-1536x873.png 1536w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-2048x1164.png 2048w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.58.57-PM-624x355.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-781x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-781x1024.png 781w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-343x450.png 343w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-768x1007.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-1171x1536.png 1171w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-1562x2048.png 1562w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM-624x818.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.25.17-PM.png 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-771x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-771x1024.png 771w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-339x450.png 339w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-768x1020.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-1156x1536.png 1156w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-1542x2048.png 1542w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM-624x829.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.01-PM.png 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-829x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-829x1024.png 829w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-364x450.png 364w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-768x949.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-1243x1536.png 1243w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-1657x2048.png 1657w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM-624x771.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-12-at-1.36.42-PM.png 1876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill 21, authored by City Councilman Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, asks for changes to the City County Housing Code to be consistent with the International Building Code (IBC) that allows windowless (no natural light and ventilation) housing units. Santos-Tam, a construction industry lobbyist, said that the county needs to build 25,000 housing units and thus &#8220;optionality&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[411,2,8,9,561],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dpp","tag-hawaii","tag-honolulu","tag-honolulu-city-council","tag-ibc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2860,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/2860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}