This is an interesting read about Waimea Bay in Oahu, Hawaii. Special thanks for Lopaka for sharing his personal perceptions and memories on his Facebook:.
I was born raised in Waimea Valley, my Ohana’s ancestry goes way back for centuries.
My dad Francis Kipapa Brown took this picture of his brother Ben Kahulamu Brown in 1935.
If you’re wondering what happened to all the sand! Well!!! Not long after the United States illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1898 the Territory of Hawaii and the big five corporations started ripping off the sand from Waimea and that’s what created the Bay.
Sand was more valuable then gold back then because the sand from Waimea and the Hawaiian Islands were very corse and not real fine and was better for making cement & concrete for highways and development.
The sand was also used to create the military beach for Fort Derussy and to fill in the Kalo Loi’s that created Waikiki Beach.
The removal of the sand exposed the reefs and generated the huge waves we now have during the winter surf months.
They stopped taking the sand in the late 1960’s into the early 1970’s when they realized that with the sand all gone, the exposure of the reefs was causing the huge waves, and erosion started to take it’s toll from Kuilima, Sunset Beach and the coast line to Haleiwa.
Anyway’s just wanted to share and compare the before and now…
BTW: When my grandmother was a little girl she said the sand was so far out she could walk out pass those little rock islands out on the left side of the bay… Aloha
Best-kept secret is HB29 HD1 that is being quietly pushed through at the Hawaii State Legislature.
#HB29 is getting weirder by the minute. An attorney from Ashford & Wriston representing the Hawaii Bankers Association (HBA( testified that Hawaii already has a non-judicial foreclosure for delinquent mortgages, which is true. She cited the Hawaii Revised Statutes HRS 667 on foreclosure.
So, Chair #DavidTarnas said he would incorporate the bankers’ testimony into their HB29. amendment.
But, why? It doesn’t make sense. There is NO Mortgage involved. No private property owner applied or got a mortgage from the County.
We’re talking heavy smokes and mirrors, apples and oranges here. Expectedly, Bankers can force a NON-JUDICIAL foreclosure if a private property borrower does not pay. A property owner knowingly entered into a mortgage contract with promise to pay the bank.
But with this new POWER OF SALE HB29, it’s a forced “taking”. The County wants to sell a private property — based on a County civil fine — WITHOUT going to court. EVERY private property owner becomes a sitting duck.
This is really spooky. It exposes all private property owners to the whims of the government. HB29 HD1 is a fast lane to Tyranny.
Give voice. I testified that allowing the Counties Non-Judicial POWER OF SALE – – to sell private properties based on DPP’s civil fines WITHOUT going to court – – is unconstitutional and violates the 14th US Amendment. I asked if the public can trust DPP to be the POLICE, PROSECUTOR, JUDGE, JURY, & EXECUTIONER!
You can also see the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s reasons for wanting more easy Powers here. Dawn Takeuchi Apana‘s excuses for this quick Power of Sale are that their existing eminent domain power is too slow and costly and the city is short-staffed.
Do we really want to trust DPP who does not respect basic Constitutional Private Property Rights?
2/5/2025 H The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) #Tarnas, #Poepoe, #Belatti, #Hashem, #Kahaloa, #Perruso, #Takayama, #Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) #Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) #Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) #Cochran.
1/31/2025 H Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
1/30/2025 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) #Alcos, #Matsumoto, #Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) #Garcia, #Muraoka, #Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) #Cochran, #Ward excused (2).
1/30/2025 H Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
1/28/2025 H The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) #Hashem, #Lamosao, #Ichiyama, #Iwamoto, #Morikawa, #Poepoe, #Shimizu, #Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) #Belatti; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) #Woodson.
1/24/2025 H Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
