Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 38, Number 12, 1 December 2021 — THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARD 2021 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARD 2021

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House Bill 499: Extended Leases of Stolen Hawaiian Lands

House Bill 499 was introduced at the 2021 Legislative session by lawmakers led by Representative David Tarnas from House District7 (North Kona and Kohala). This measure allows the public land leases for commercial, resort, i ndustrial, and government uses that were originally 65 years long to be extended for additional 40 year terms. The corpus of State 'public lands' are made up of Hawaiian Kingdom Crown and Government

lands that were seized after the illegal overthrow and then handed over to US and then State control without the consent and with no compensation to the Kanaka Maoli people. For four months, hundreds of Kanaka Maoli, many organizations and our allies from all across our lslands from all walks of life testified in opposition to House Bill 499 - yet the measure still passed. Demonstrations throughout the lslands were held and Kanaka Maoli

leaders, legal experts, and environmentalists met with Governor lge to request that he veto this measure - to no avail. By JuLy 7, 2021, this bilL that would allow developers and the military to have century long leases of public lands became law. Opponents of the measure are eaLLi ng on state lawmakers to repeal House BilL 499 during the next regular session of the Legislature in 2022.

House Resolution 33: State Creation of a "Working Group" for Mauna Kea Management Resolution 33 established a "Working Group" tasked with developing recommendations for a new governance and management structure for Mauna Kea. The Resolution was introduced by Representative Tarnas and the "Working Group" is composed of 15 members, 11 of whom were appointed by the Speaker of the House, Representative Scott Saiki. Both Representative Tarnas and Speaker Saiki are supporters of building the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea. The "Working Group" is currently stacked against the interests of Kia'i Mauna and is not in any way an act of self-determination because the group is State initiated and created. The "Working Group" is tasked with reporting its findings in December 2021. No means no! Kū Kia~i Mauna! Hundreds of thousands of Kia'i Mauna have already made their voices heard in opposition to the building of TMT on Mauna Kea. This "Working Group" along with House Bill 499 creates a "legal" avenue for TMT to get forever leases of the Mauna Kea summits A = Voted pro-Hawaiian. C = Voted against the interests of Hawaiians with reservations. F = Voted against the interest of Hawaiians. N/A = Not available for vote. * Introduced bill

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PAIŪ ADVERTISEMENT BY KA LĀHUI HAWAI'I

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