WE DEMAND A TRUE LOEA BY MARCH 28!

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HAWAIʻI WATER CODE SHORT FILM (7 MINS)

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Hawai‘i Revised Statutes sec. 174C-7(b) requires that one of the seven members on the Water Commission “have substantial experience or expertise in traditional Hawaiian water resource management techniques and in traditional Hawaiian riparian usage such as those preserved by section 174C-101.”

What is the Commission on Water Resource Management? (CWRM)

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TIMELINE OF VACANT LOEA SEAT APPOINTMENT PROCESS:

FEBRUARY 2024: Governor Green receives list of 4 candidates, which include two qualified LOEA: Hannah Springer, Lori Buchanan. Governor stalls and makes no selection..

SUMMER 2024: Hawai’i Water Code Film is released, while public concern grows over illegitimacy of controversial candidate, Kimo Falconer, coffee farmer with ties to luxury land development in West Maui. Governor stalls and makes no selection..

SEPTEMBER 2024: 2 of the 4 candidates remove their names from the nomination. One is Kimo Falconer. Governor stalls making selection.

OCTOBER 2024: Without due process, Governor re-starts the entire appointment process and hand-picks KIMO FALCONER to help choose new list of candidates. (see video below)

OCTOBER 29, 2024: Governor selects Hinano Rodrigues, another candidate (like Kimo Falconer) in partnership with a corporate West Maui land developer (Peter Martin of West Maui Land Co.).

MARCH 2025: Senate Committee on Land & Water will vote on Governorʻs Loea Seat appointment.

The wildfires in Lahaina demonstrate why the previous approach to water allocations under the industrial agricultural model does not work and should no longer be followed.  Thankfully the laws on the books right now allow for a more holistic and sustainable way to allocate limited water resources so that everyone can thrive. We just need them to finally be meaningfully enforced. A TRUE LOEA SEATED ON THE WATER COMMISSION IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THIS.

MINI FILMS (2 MINS)