Fwd: Ko Hawaii Pae Aina/Hawaiian Kingdom No. 2012-0006 Cease and Desist to the State of Hawaii, et.als. who are not the title owners of the Crown Lands, etc. and their claims to giving lands to OHA/Office of Hawaiian Affairs from Amelia Gora, a Royal


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Re: Ko Hawaii Pae Aina/Hawaiian Kingdom No. 2012-0006 Opposition and Cease and Desist to the State of Hawaii, et.als. who are not the title owners of the Crown Lands, etc. and their claims to giving lands to OHA/Office of Hawaiian Affairs from Amelia Gora, a Royal Person, Kawaiahao Ahupuaa Konohiki Family Representative,  Acting Liaison
Foreign Affairs - The Royal Families House of Nobles

Greetings,

I, Amelia Gora, as one of Kamehaeha's descendants/heirs, Kauikeouli/Kamehameha's adopted/hanai hookama descendants with inherited Sovereignty, one of the Kawaiahao Ahupuaa Konohiki Family of Kaaha (k), who married my ancestor Kalola (w), hereby oppose the claims made by the State of Hawaii - Governor Neil Abercrombie. 


Cease and Desist

I, further record this as an official record of Cease and Desist to the State of Hawaii, et. als. who are not related to our families and is not, and could never be living, human beings, the title owners/ the alodio/ano alodio owners who are the true owners of the lands conveyed by our Sovereign - Kauikeouli/Kamehaemha III. 

The State of Hawaii's Governor Neil Abercrombie, et. als. moved to convey lands that they have no title to. Their goal was to trade land that they did not own for monies that they do not have to their created baby /part of the State of Hawaii -  their OHA - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, which was created to appear as if they were legal.  This move was intended to give the impression or the idea that however illegal, they were going to pay off an organization created by themselves to create some kind of justice they/the State of Hawaii/the occupiers/the illegal ones conjured up, then pacify the undereducated kanaka maoli and give everyone in the World the appearance that they were promoting justice and doing something honest.
 

Genocide Issue, one of many examples

Since the Rice vs. Cayetano case, the term "Native Hawaiian" included anyone born in the Hawaiian Islands.  This is an issue of genocide, defrauding, criminally assuming lands, monies, etc. not belonging to all.  The term kanaka maoli was used in the Census records prior to criminally dethroning Queen Liliuokalani and was acknowledged by our ancestors.


Background


Our families met under the Hawaiian Genealogy/Genealogical Society at first, and I did file a Lien (as stated by a Legal Aid Society Lawyer who reviewed the 281 pages Affidavit/Lien) on all the islands previously in the Bureau of Conveyances, which is built on our families land - we have title to that land.

The Document No. 96-177455 was filed on 12/17/96 with much evidence of criminal activities by treasonous persons and copies served to Governor Cayetano, U.S. President William Clinton, et. als.

Numerous liens were filed over time with the most recent being filed and served before the State Supreme Court Case regarding the "ceded lands" renamed that rather than the Crown Lands, complete with tax map keys.

The Liens were properly served and left with the Sheriff's office as well.  The State of Hawaii failed to respond in a timely manner and have failed to inform the State of Hawaii Supreme Court that they were in receipt of a Lien of all of our families Crown Lands.

The Crown Lands project began with obtaining the costly maps ($10,000+) off the internet.  Every part of the Crown Lands were identified.  The project took two (2) years to complete.  It was headed by Shane Lee, one of our family members.

Current Case Against Sovereigns with Immunites/not subject to the laws/Treaty Holders

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, the State of Hawaii is continuing a case charging us with filing a Wild Deed when the fact of the matter is that the State of Hawaii who progressed from the wrongful actions of the Territory of Hawaii, the Republic of Hawaii, the Provisional Government, and the Hawaiian Government's voted in, temporary group making up 1/3 of the Government called the House of Representatives.


More on the Hawaiian Government

The permanent parts of the Hawaiian Government consists of 1) the Sovereign his heirs and successors; and 2) the House of Nobles, their heirs and successors.

Our families are descendants of both the Sovereign - Kamehameha; heir of Liholiho/Kamehameha II -thru his wife Pali; descendants/heirs of Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III; Alexander Liholiho/Kamehameha IV; Lot Kamehameha/Kamehameha V; Queen Emma; King Lunalilo; King Kalakaua; Queen Kapiolani; and Queen Liliuokalani.


Haole/Foreign to our own/not kanaka maoli/not the Sovereign/not the King/House of Nobles descendant/heir/not our Family


Neil Abercrombie, Governor of the State of Hawaii is not related to us, nor is the State of Hawaii, the U.S. et. als.


True Crown Lands Owners not Ceded Lands

I, Amelia Gora, am one of Kamehameha's descendants/heirs and am also an heir of the Successors.

The following are some of the evidence found showing how the U.S., State of Hawaii does not own the Crown Lands claimed to be ceded lands:

1)  Premeditation of assuming/pirating a neutral, friendly, non-violent nation:


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2)  The Hawaiian Genealogy/Genealogical Society came together due to Genocide issues - see the recent posting:

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A Kamehameha Descendant Documents Genocide....Oral History Now VERIFIED with Documented Evidence......Wicked...TERROR/updated TERRORISTS against our People...

  

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They hated us then in 1893, and they hate us now......... aloha. p.s. the Royal Families exist, our monies, gold bullions, gold coins were stolen ----even criminal assumptions of lands by Pirates now documented....so, who's the terrorists? especially since Premeditation issues have been found? the Wars with Spain, Germany, Japan, etc. was based on lies, deceit, fraud, etc. Hundreds of thousands died needlessly....wicked to use monies, assets of a neutral, non-violent, friendly nation by the U.S. who bases claims to Hawaiian lands thru fraud, conspiracy(ies), piracy(ies) and supported treasonous persons in the Hawaiian Islands in 1893.....affecting all in the World then and today.... aloha.
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Amelia Gora In 1995, the Hawaiian Genealogy/Genealogical Society came together based on the questions: Do you have stories of your families having to hide, being beaten, killed, or thrown on Kalaupapa, Molokai - leper colony? The questions about whether anyone was a descendant of Kamehameha wasn't asked.....but the results of research shows that many who did meet were indeed descendants/heirs, part of Queen Liliuokalani's families......many are still connected to the Hawaiian Genealogy/Genealogical Society personally or on the web. The exciting part of this clip is that it basically the evidence necessary in pursuing Genocide Activities charges, documentation, etc. For everyone's information.....our families hid every time someone approached my great grandmother's home...she kept more than 8 dogs who alarmed everyone that strangers were approaching...all the grandchildren had a specific place to hide....the haole/usually whites - businessmen/banker types who looked around and said...she has no family......and left.....great grandmother was a descendant of Peke Davis, Isaac Davis, John Young, etc. That was in 1940's! or even about 50 years AFTER the wrongful dethronement of our Queen! Great grandmother was under the care of a Genocide doctor who worked at Maluhia....that Doctor was with the former chauffeur of Queen Liliuokalani who killed Abraham Kekai, a son/stepson of Princess Poomaikelani, a Kamehameha descendant/heir. Many members of the Society had wicked stories as well. My paternal grandmother was hidden in a cave on the Big Island and she remembered crying and was told to not cry because someone was going to be with her soon....she and her siblings who were hidden with other families were taken to Maui then to Kaiaka Heiau kahu/kahuna families who took care of them......yes, my grandmother was an Alii - descendant of Kamehameha and Princess Poomaikelani.....I was assigned a Genocide Activities file by the Honolulu Police Department and have been listing many people over time.......from our families reports as well as from other kanaka maoli......the occupiers have done Evils against our neutral, friendly nation's people and they continue to perpetuate the crimes of conspiracies which includes the Fraud claims over Pearl Harbor! My Mom had said that she and her family used to frequent Pearl Harbor, swim, dive, fish, gather pearls from the abundant amount of oysters, caught crabs, lobsters......we are the Halawa Ahupuaa owners due to our being the hanai/hanai hookama of Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III thru our ancestor Peke Davis whose mother was Kamaikui and ancestor Mataio Kekuanaoa..........thanks to Hokulani78's clipping (see above) this aids in verifying part of the oral history..........aloha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKx2LNbF5M  

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3)  The Supreme Court were documented treasonous shortly after Bernice Pauahi Bishop died in 1884.  The Supreme Court Justices wrongfully assumed the position of Sovereigns and House of Nobles by making rules and claiming that it was the law.

All of the Supreme Court Justices supported by the treasonous persons - Lorrin Thurston, Sanford B. Dole, Dr. Mott Smith, Thomas Akaka et. als. played a part in premeditating the dethronement of our Queen Liliuokalani in 1893.

The State of Hawaii sought their approval in land matters yet they show otherwise in the following letter showing how they do not deal with land issues:




4)  A Genocide Activities File was assigned to me by the Honolulu Police Department showing active criminal deviance by Neil Abercrombie, and many, many others over time.  These are documented evidence of our Royal Families, kanaka maoli in the Hawaiian archipelago/Hawaiian Islands/Hawaiian Kingdom/Kingdom of Hawaii/Ko Hawaii Pae Aina:


5)  There's much evidence about the criminal activities documented in research - 30+ years of history; 23 + years of genealogies; 10+ years of legal - by myself and others.  Hundreds of articles, 25+ books, pamphlets, and 377 issues of the IOLANI - The Royal Hawk news on the web has been written to date.  Many researchers have also contributed to the articles, references, etc.

Websites:  theiolani.blogspot.com  http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/GORA8037 etc.

6)  Because the Sovereigns descendants and heirs exists and we who are the "heirs and successors" in the permanent Treaty of 1850, the Crown Lands, Trusts, etc. belongs to our families.

This Legal Notice will be sent to many.

Treaties supercede State Laws according to the Constitution which was in effect at the time of the 1850 Treaty which was signed by the U.S. President Taylor.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/zacharytaylor
Photo of Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Northerners and Southerners disputed sharply whether the territories wrested from Mexico should be opened to slavery, and some Southerners even threatened secession. Standing firm, Zachary Taylor was prepared to hold the Union together by armed force rather than by compromise.

Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.

But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist.

He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista.

President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor's informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City. Taylor, incensed, thought that "the battle of Buena Vista opened the road to the city of Mexico and the halls of Montezuma, that others might revel in them."

"Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves would lure southern votes. He had not committed himself on troublesome issues. The Whigs nominated him to run against the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, who favored letting the residents of territories decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery.

In protest against Taylor the slaveholder and Cass the advocate of "squatter sovereignty," northerners who opposed extension of slavery into territories formed a Free Soil Party and nominated Martin Van Buren. In a close election, the Free Soilers pulled enough votes away from Cass to elect Taylor.

Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress. He acted at times as though he were above parties and politics. As disheveled as always, Taylor tried to run his administration in the same rule-of-thumb fashion with which he had fought Indians.

Traditionally, people could decide whether they wanted slavery when they drew up new state constitutions. Therefore, to end the dispute over slavery in new areas, Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage.

Southerners were furious, since neither state constitution was likely to permit slavery; Members of Congress were dismayed, since they felt the President was usurping their policy-making prerogatives. In addition, Taylor's solution ignored several acute side issues: the northern dislike of the slave market operating in the District of Columbia; and the southern demands for a more stringent fugitive slave law.

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.

Then events took an unexpected turn. After participating in ceremonies at the Washington Monument on a blistering July 4, Taylor fell ill; within five days he was dead. After his death, the forces of compromise triumphed, but the war Taylor had been willing to face came 11 years later. In it, his only son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army.

The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2009 by the White House Historical Association.

Learn more about Zachary Taylor 's spouse, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor.

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Because the Treaty of 1850 is in place, it appears that it is only right that the State of Hawaii, the City and Counties in the Hawaiian Islands be placed under the American Embassy or the American Consulate in the Hawaiian Islands.

Queen Liliuokalani did document the fact that the U.S. breached the Law of Nations.

The Treaty of 1850, however was a permanent agreement made between the United States/United States of America and the Sovereign his heirs and successors.

Rents and Leases are and remain due for the rents and leases of the Crown Lands, Government lands in the amount of $500 Trillion dollars in gold coins/bullions.  Additional costs for the use of our families lands/private properties will be calculated with the assist of our Kamehameha families.

                                                          Sincerely,

                                                          Amelia Gora

p.s.  The grave robbers at Kawaiahao Church needs to return all the gold coins, pearls, jade, ivory, lei niho palaoa, Niihau shells, other valuable items which were stolen from the iwi.  The iwi needs to be returned to their graves and the Kawaiahao Church may build on our families lands across the street located next to the Attorney Generals offices.  Long term leases have been approved by our families.  The State of Hawaii owes rents and leases for their sitting on our families private properties, properties of Kamehameha's descendants, which includes the State Capitol, the Iolani Palace, the Main Library, the DLNR building, etc. sitting on our ancestors lands.


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Kakaako: What Gives?

The state’s offer of makai ceded lands to OHA underscores the lack of a unified plan for Honolulu’s “third city”
Dec 7, 2011

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Joan Conrow

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has been fighting for decades to get some $200 million in back-due revenues in return for the state’s use of so-called “ceded” public lands that were siezed from the Hawaiian kindgom upon the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893. And the state has been trying for decades to perk up the Kakaako area through redevelopment.

Now, Gov. Neil Abercrombie has merged the two long-sought objectives, announcing a proposal which would settle OHA’s claim by giving the agency 25 acres in Kakaako as well as his own grand plans to incorporate the neighborhood into Oahu as a “third city,” replete with a 650-foot skyscraper on Pohukaina Street that would tower some 250 feet over Honolulu’s tallest buildings.

But both proposals face significant obstacles, given the long-simmering dispute over rightful ownership of “ceded lands,” the state Legislature’s previous rejection of an OHA settlement proposal, ongoing fears that the deal could open the doors to a final resolution in favor of the state, past public opposition to Kakaako high rises and the threat of rising sea levels.

Groundless gift?

My first thought was, here we go again,” said Henry Noa, prime minister of the Reinstated Hawaiian Government. “We have the state trying to justify a land exchange that they don’t have proper title to. They don’t even have the right to transfer the land.”

Noa’s sentiments were echoed by University of Hawaii professor Jon Osorio in a Nov. 29 commentary published in The Hawaii Independent. “To begin with, all transactions involving so-called public lands by the state and any state agencies are violations of Hawaiian Kingdom law,” he wrote. “The crown and government lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom are the property of Hawaiian nationals and the heirs to the Crown. Possession of these lands by the United States is a theft and nothing more.”

Similar objections were raised when the state and OHA last announced a proposed settlement, back in 2008. That deal directed the state to give OHA $13 million in cash and 209 acres of commercial and industrial land on Oahu and the Big Island, worth an assessed value of $187 million. The plan also called for the state to pay OHA $15.1 million annually as its share of revenues from trust lands, a provision struck from a bill that the Legislature ultimately rejected.

State oversight

The most recent proposal, which has been endorsed by OHA and Abercrombie, but still requires legislative approval, would give OHA ownership of 10 parcels in Kakaako Makai, including Fisherman’s Wharf. However, the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), a state agency guiding redevelopment in Kakaako, would retain jurisdiction over how the lands are used.

OHA Chairperson Colette Machado said it doesn’t bother her that HCDA retains jurisdiction because she’s looking at the situation politically, and HCDA might be supportive of what the governor wants to do for Native Hawaiians.

According to Joshua A. Wisch, spokesman for the state Attorney Gereral’s office, state oversight comes with the territory. “All land owners located in these urban areas are subject to the master plan created by HCDA,” Wisch said.

While the state and OHA, a state agency, may have no problem with the deal, opponents see much that is troubling from issues of ownership to valuation of the land.

Flood zone?

OHA is supposed to be representing Native Hawaiian interests, and they’re claiming the land will negate the $212 million the state owes to OHA,” Noa said. “But I don’t think that land is worth even $50 million. The state hasn’t developed that property in over 15 to 20 years now, and I believe it’s because [it’s] a flood zone and the ocean plays a mean effect on that side of Kewalo Basin. The rest, out on Point Panic, is all landfill properties. You won’t be able to do anything with it.”

Henry Curtis, executive director of Life of the Land–a group that banded with the Surfrider Foundation, Save Our Kakaako Coalition and Friends of Kewalo Basin to resist previous plans for high rise projects in the area–had a similarly critical assessment of both the OHA land transfer and Abercrombie’s “third city” concept.

“Some people suggest that the governor has proposed a bold vision for the future,” Curtis wrote in an email to the Weekly. “In reality, a highly unpopular governor is misusing the term ‘urban oasis’ (parkland) to propose an allegedly ‘sustainable economy’ (dense urban growth) in an area that is within the Blue Line (flooding due to climate change).”

Chip Fletcher, a geologist in UH’s Geology and Geophysics Department, has done mapping that uses a blue line to show land vulnerable to the three-foot sea level rise expected by the end of the century. In response to an email query, he replied, “I don’t see a dramatic risk in the Kakaako area–but tsunami and high wave overwash and the possibilities of higher than expected sea level rise all suggest that any development there should take marine hazards into account in the building design, etc.”

Fletcher gives more detail on his department’s website detailing the anticipated effects of sea level rise, including sea water coming out of storm drains along Ala Moana Boulevard when tides are high.

High Expectations

Such factors raise questions about whether the land slated for transfer to OHA could realistically be developed to generate substantial revenue for the agency and whether preliminary valuations for the parcels are accurate. For example, one lot fronting Ala Moana Boulevard has been valued at $17 million, assuming a 400-foot height limit is allowed.

But citizens have strongly resisted previous proposals to build towers in Kakaako makai; indeed, an Alexander & Baldwin plan to build two high-rise condominiums, along with shops and public facilities, was so bitterly opposed that the state Legislature passed a law in 2006 prohibiting residential development there. Further, HCDA’s 2011 revised master plan for the area calls for preserving views of the Koolau Mountains from Kakaako Waterfront Park, which would appear to nix any plans for a 400-foot building. “They could build a 200-foot tower there, but to go 400 feet, they would have to change the height limits and there would be opposition to that,” said Ron Iwami of Friends of Kewalo’s.

Machado said she would not push to have the Legislature overturn the law prohibiting residential highrises in Kakaakao makai. But regarding the parcel where height limits would have to be raised to allow 400-foot buildings, “height might be nice so we can accommodate some commercial space,” she said.

Open space concerns

But much of Kakaako makai is slated for noncommercial public development, such as shoreline parks and promenades, community gardens, cultural museums, a performing arts center, fish and farmers’ markets, a 1,110-space parking lot and a community center, according to HCDA’s draft master plan.

Any development would be at least 10-15 years down the road, Machado told the Weekly. “We are not A&B or a business that is going to be looking at a time frame to generate a revenue base and ram this down everybody’s throat. We’re going to be there for time immemorial. We are going to tread lightly,” Machado noted, adding that she knows the community there wants to be assured of having adequate access to ocean and shoreline frontage. “I’m not sure how far apart we are, but I know we support access to the shoreline as well as gathering,” she said. Even less clear is whether the state will be able to come up with the money to implement the draft master plan itself or find ways of passing the costs on to others, such as landowners developing properties in Kakaako mauka. Language in the master plan itself speaks to this concern, citing the “current economic downturn.”

For whose benefit?

This seems to run counter to a statement Abercrombie reportedy made to the Associated Press when the proposed settlement was announced: “The $200 million will rise in value, we think, very, very rapidly as we move on the Kakaako development.”

In his commentary, Osorio urged, “It is time for OHA’s beneficiaries to weigh in about whether we think that our trustees should be getting deeper into the property management business. Hopefully our trustees will take the time to listen.”

OHA stakeholder meetings are going on this month in preparation for opening of the Legislature in January. “We’ve learned valuable lessons from the past. I hope we’re smarter now, more sensitive and more respectful,” Machado said.

But those who are focused on independence, like Noa, are experiencing sentiments more akin to distrust than gratitude. “To me, it’s obvious the state is trying to build OHA’s credibility as far as representing our people,” Noa said.

And that leads to Osorio’s underlying concern. “I am also worried that this is the opening the governor is seeking to a ‘final settlement’ of land and perhaps cash with a Hawaiian agency,” he wrote. “Whether through outright sale, exchange or by utilizing the Public Land Development Corporation set up last year through Act 55, the Legislature, like the governor, is anxious to remove as many legal restraints from its use of ‘ceded lands’ as it can.”

It remains to be seen how much OHA will settle for in order to stay in power. “With the seemingly tremendous opportunity that Governor Abercrombie has given to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, I truly believe this will have a tremendous impact for future generations and also for the new Native Hawaiian government we’re working to hard on with the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission,” Machado told the Weekly.

What are “Ceded” Lands?

The lands that are often referred to as “public” or “ceded” were actually seized from the Kingdom of Hawaii during the 1893 overthrow of the monarchy, which the US Congress deemed unlawful when it approved the 1993 “Apology Resolution.”

In 1898, the Republic of Hawaii–led by those who masterminded the coup–“ceded” control of 1.8 million acres of Kingdom lands to the US government and sold the rest to private parties.

When Congress adopted the 1959 Admissions Act, which brought Hawaii into the union, it kept 400,000 acres of “ceded lands” for military bases, national parks and other federal uses and put the rest into the Public Land Trust, which was turned over to the newly formed state of Hawaii.

In the years since statehood, these trust lands have been developed for the Hilo and Honolulu international airports, Maui’s Kahului Harbor, Sand Island, hotels, hospitals, affordable housing, golf courses, parks at Kapiolani and Ala Moana, the University of Hawaii system and other uses. Additional lands were sold, exchanged, leased or transferred to the counties or other government entities.

The Admissions Act mandated that the state use revenues from the trust to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians, develop farms and home ownership opportunities and support public education and other public uses. However, revenue from the trust was used primarily for public education up until 1978, when the state Constitutional Convention proposed creating OHA specifically to receive and to manage trust revenues for the benefit of Hawaiians, according to the agency’s website.

Hawaii voters ratified that plan in 1978, and two years later the state Legislature passed Act 273, which directed 20 percent of all “funds” from trust lands to OHA, while failing to define just what the term “funds” encompassed.

Since OHA’s inception, it has been in litigation with the state over both the source and definition of these funds, most notably revenues from Hilo Hospital, state affordable housing and duty free shops at Honolulu Airport.

The state Supreme Court said that before OHA could sue on the issue of funds, it had to go back to the Legislature to clarify the claims, which prompted the negotiations leading to the most recent proposed settlement agreement, as well as the one that lawmakers rejected in 2008.

In the meantime, the state is prohibited from selling or transferring any “ceded lands” to private entities.

What’s Cookin’ in Kakaako

Kakaako has suddenly become the happening place.

Besides announcing a proposal to give the Office of Hawaiian Affairs 25 acres on the makai side of Ala Moana Boulevard, Gov. Abercrombie has unveiled plans to develop 1,004 housing units, half of them affordable, as well as a civic/commercial center and a 650-foot tower–the tallest in the state–on Pohukaina Street by the end of 2019.

Kamehameha Schools, meanwhile, has approval to build 2,750 multifamily housing units and commercial space on the 29 acres it owns, possibly starting in mid-2013, while Howard Hughes Corp. will be allowed to build 4,300 residential units and commercial space on 60 acres.

In addition, plans are in the works to build 68 affordable senior rentals in this space on Kona Street between Pensacola and Piikoi Streets, and Kewalo Basin LLC is slated to develop 345 condominium units on Waimanu Street.



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From: Amelia Gora <theiolani@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:21 AM
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