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$22 MILLION for FREE PRESCHOOL for the Wai‘anae Coast

3 and 4 year olds may be eligible for FREE pre-school under the expanded Pre-K program statewide after the governor appropriated $75 million to expand access to Pre-Kindergarten.

The Program intends to

(1) Support construction of new facilities

(2) Support renovation, improvement and expansion

(3) Increase accessibility of Pre-K programs statewide

The participating schools on the westside include:

• Kamaile Academy PCS: $20,000,000 (200 seats)

• Nanakuli Elementary School: $1,000,000 (20 seats)

• Wai’anae Elementary School: $1,000,000 (20 seats)

Nanakuli

,

Michelle

’s leadership, broke into the limelight when they won first place with American Savings Bank’s 7th annual Bank for Education KeikiCo Business Plan Competition. It involved over 400 students across the state in all grade levels from 3rd to 12th. The Scrappahz Union 96792’s competition business plan consisted of shredding community cardboard to repurpose it into compost, sheet mulching, and easy compostable pots. The combination of students, community-involvement, and environmental conscious goals landed them the top high school business winners garnering them $25,000 award.

In addition to this most prestigious award, the Hawaii State Legislature recognized these budding business entrepreneurs from the gallery of the State Senate introducing them all while also entering their names into the official legislative journal. The celebration then extended into a wonderful pa’ina where they students were addressed by Senate President Kouchi and also presented with congratulatory certificates for their very

dedicated work and ongoing commitment to reduce the community carbon footprint while creating a more sustainable business model and environmentally friendly lifestyle. The members of this team helped provide an absolutely delicious meal for all the visiting legislators and honored guests !!

96792

High’s Scrappahz Union 96792

under Kumu

Pieper

Hugest mahalo nui to Kumu Pieper, Kumu Mikes, and Ms. Helena Bakutis-Kekaula and the Nanakuli High School Students of the Scrappahz Union 96792; Keola Mahoe, Nahe

Ka’awa-Kawai, Jeanna Lei, Jeremiah Magalones, and Paul Nahulu. Kūlia i ka nu’u

State seeks to establish an “ALOHA Homes” Pilot Program for 99-Year Leasehold Condominiums

The legislature recognizes the critically low availability of affordable housing resulting in an ongoing diaspora of residents leaving Hawai’i in hopes of finding cheaper living situations abroad. It is modeled after Singapore Public Housing.

SB 865 (Relating to Housing) seeks to fund a 99-Year Leasehold program wherein it would create low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land to be sold in leasehold by

the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA). This measure is intended to increase homeownership and the affordability of leasehold housing units through long-term leases of 99 years. The owners are able to sell their leases at market value to the state where the state retains ownership of the land. To qualify, a person must be a Hawaii resident and must not own any other real estate. Appropriates $ 1.69M

2023 Hawaii Senate Legislative Session Update

Homelessness & Housing

~ Ohana Ola O Kahumana Expansion: GIA for Kahumana to purchase the 4.5 acre parcel next to its existing transitional shelter in Lualualei Valley. The land will be used to create a kauhale for approximately 80 individuals experiencing homelessness. ($200k)

~ Homeless Crisis Stabilization Beds: GIA for Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) to provide six stabilization beds and assistance with transitional shelter placement, for unsheltered individuals. The project also includes a food distribution center and a Hawaiian Cultural Center. ($400k)

~ Ohana Zones Pilot Program (HB300 CD1) Appropriates $15 M per year for FY24 & FY25

~ Kauhale Bill (HB300 CD1): Appropriates $48M for FY24 & FY25 projects aimed at providing supportive housing and services for unsheltered individuals. A possible Kauhale site includes vacant land behind Nanakuli Sack and Save.

~ Tax Relief (HB954): Increases the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Increases the refundable earned income tax credit for 5 five years. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit for five years.

~ Transitional Shelter: Utilize former military officer's housing in Kalaeloa for unsheltered DHHL wait-listers

~ Ulu Ke Kukui: Renovate a former transitional housing project into rental unit options for DHHL beneficiaries

Transportation

~ Alternate Route (SR53/HR179): Funding and Resolution in support of Project No. HWY-0-03-20, which creates an alternate route from Pa’akea Road to Lualualei Naval Road by removing the emergency access road gates.

~ Contraflow & Turning Lanes: Add turn lanes at the Lualualei Naval Rd., Nanaikeola St., and Helelua St. intersections; extend the afternoon contraflow

~ Makaha Surfing Beach: Adopt the master plan by re-routing Farrington Highway further mauka to address sea level rise and improve safety

~ Speed Humps: Install speed humps at Princess Kahanu Estates, Nanakuli Valley Hawaiian Homestead, and other high-speed areas; lengthen existing speed humps to extend to shoulders.

~ Makau Street (SCR193 / SR198): Urges the City to improve the Keaau Beach parking lot and surrounding areas as possible places for a bus turnaround.

~ Kalaeloa Improvements (HB300 CD1): Kalaeloa Airport ($12M) & Kalaeloa Harbor ($2.5M)

~ Kapolei FY24 Improvements: Kalaeloa Electrical Upgrades ($47M) Saratoga Ave Electrical Upgrades ($12.1M) East Kapolei Infrastructure Implementation Master Plan ($2M)

Public Safety

~ Youth Challenge Academy (HB300 CD1): Upgrades and improvements ($3M)

~ Kaala Farm: GIAs for fire prevention grant administrator ($20,000)

~ Youth Mental Health Crisis Program (HB948): Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. ($3.5M)

~Youth Suicide: Adding 2.00 permanent positions and adding $1,000,600 in FY24 and FY25 for positions to help administer Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention protocol in complex areas and Charter Schools.

Education

Nanakuli High & Intermediate School (HB300 CD1): CIP for performing arts center ($6M)

Nanakuli Elementary: Repairs and maintenance ($1M; HB300 CD1); 20 pre-k seats ($1M; Act 257 2022)

Nanaikapono Elementary (HB300 CD1): new sprinkler system ($85,000)

Kamaile Academy: 10 new classroom buildings ($3M; HB300 CD1); 200 pre-k seats ($20M; Act 257 2022)

Waianae Elementary: parking lot expansion ($1.25M; HB300 CD1); 20 pre-k seats ($1M; Act 257 2022)

Youth Mental Health (HB300 CD1): $5M for FY24 and FY25 to offer mental health services for public school students

Teacher Housing (SB941 and HB300 CD1): Appropriates $170M to develop teacher and educator housing.

The Recruiters: GIA for Music Production on the Waianae Coast $400,000

After-School All-Stars HI: GIA for after school care and activities $100,000

Read to Me International: GIA for $200,000

UH West O’ahu: $35M in FY24 for infrastructure:

Hawaiian Affairs

DHHL (HB300 CD1): Infrastructure and R&M ($40M)

DHHL Housing Credits (SB1357 CD1): Extends Affordable Housing Tax Credits until 7/1/30.

OHA Budget (HB133 CD1): Appropriates $3M per year in general funds to OHA for beneficiary advocacy. Supplements $21.5M paid to OHA annually in ceded lands revenues.

Hawaiian Independence Day (Act 011 / SB731): Designates November 28 as Lā Kū‘oko‘a to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of HI.

Indigenous Peoples' Day (SB732 CD1): Designates the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement: GIA for $325,000

Polynesian Voyaging Society: GIA for $200,000

Native Hawaiian Speakers: $30,000 in FY24 for DOE to support traditional native speakers of Hawaiian Waitlist Successorship (SCR104): Urging Congress to re-introduce HR Res. 9614, to lower the blood quantum for successors of leases and waitlist placement from one-quarter to one thirty-second.

Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property (SR196 SD1): Urging the establishment of a Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property working group.

Agriculture

Pig Farmers (HB300 CD1): hog, sheep, goat, chicken, and other small animal slaughterhouse at Kalaeloa ($4M CIP)

Kahua Paa Mua: $200,000 GIA for Agricultural Education

Agricultural Warehouses (HB300 CD1): Budget appropriation: $5M

School Gardens (HB300 CD1): 1 permanent position and $110,133

Buying Local: Adding $450,000 in FY24 and $500,000 in FY25 for prisons to purchase more local agricultural products for food (Act 144 2022).

Environment

~ Pokai Bay Jetty: $5.7M CIP for re-design for improved circulation of Poka’i Bay Jetty

~ Nā Kama Kai (HB300 CD1): GIA for $250,000

~ Landfills (SCR57 / SR51): Resolution urging the City to exempt from real property tax those property owners of residential units within 1/2-mile of an active landfill

~ Ulehawa Canal (HR112): Resolution requesting the City to dredge and clean the Ulehawa Stream and Canal

~ Environmental Protection: Adding 4.00 permanent positions and $4.6M (FY24) and 29.00 permanent positions and $4.3M (FY25) for the enforcement of environmental conservation and protection.

~ Red Hill: Adding 4.00 permanent positions and $117,210 in FY24 and $234,393 in FY25 for Navy’s Red Hill Contamination

~ State Parks: $50M (FY24) in general funds for Parks Administrations and Operations then adding $10M (FY25) & $8M (FY25) in special funds for State parks repairs and maintenance

~ Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commssion (KIRC): $400,000

Mauna Kea: Adding 6.00 temporary positions and $14M for the Mauna Kea Stewarship & Oversight Authority (Act 255 2022).

Health

~ WCCHC Emergency Room: GIA for operating funds ($1M)

~ Telephone Health Care Services (HB907): Temporarily allows for the reimbursements of services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system and two-way, real-time audio-only communication in certain circumstances. Defines “interactive telecommunications system”. Repeals 12/31/2025 be reimbursed.

~ WCCHC Family Medicine Residency Program: GIA for renovations and medical equipment to address shortage of primary care providers ($100,000)

~ Dialysis (SB473): Exempts drug manufacturers, wholesale prescription drug distributors, and third-party logistics providers of home dialysis drugs, supplies, and devices from the license, registration, and permit requirements for pharmacies; provided that certain conditions are met.

~ KAMP Hawaii: GIA to help with over 1000 participants at 5 district parks on West Oahu. Kalaniana’ole Beach Park, Ma’ili Community Park, Pilila’au Community Park, Waianae District Park and Makaha Community Park. This is the 17th year providing the Healthy Lifestyle Summer program to these parks ($100,000)

~ Clean and Sober Homes (SR30 SD1): Urging the City and State to address the inequitable location of various supportive living homes across Oahu

Judiciary

~ Clean Slate (SB410 CD1): automatically remove expunged offenses from a person’s public record

~ Involuntary Mental Health Intervention (HB950 CD1): Authorizes psychiatrists or advanced practice registered nurses, after examination of a person for assisted community treatment (ACT) indication, to request assistance from the attorney general to file an ACT petition. Authorizes the family court to use online hearings for ACT petitions. Clarifies provision of notice for ACT petitions. Authorizes any interested party to request assistance from the attorney general to file a petition for an extension of ACT. Extends the time period that a family court may order continued ACT. Reduces the time period that a family court needs to determine whether ACT should continue.

~ Juvenile Justice (SR202): Requesting the Judiciary to collect and share data on the assessment of fees in cases against minors.

~ Sex Trafficking: $400,000 in FY24 and FY25 for Sex Trafficking Victims Support

~ Narcotics: $152,420 for drug monitoring in narcotics enforcement.