NHO Notification UPDATE: US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Hold Field Hearing on S. 65, Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011
Please note the change in time from the earlier notice – the new start time is 10:00 am. The witnesses who will testify are listed below as well.
The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has scheduled the following Legislative Field Hearing:
Friday, April 13 2012
10:00AM
Oahu Veterans Center
Description:
Witnesses
Panel # 1
The Honorable Mazie Hirono
Representative
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Mr. Rodger Boyd
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Native American Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Ms. Michelle Ka'uhane
Deputy Director
State of Hawaii, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei, HI
Panel # 2
The Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
Representative
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Professor Melody Mackenzie
Associate Professor of Law / Director
Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
The Honorable Brickwood Galuteria
Majority Leader
Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu, HI
Mr. Richard Naiwieha Wurdeman
President
Native Hawaiian Bar Association, Honolulu, HI
Panel # 3
Mr. Kali Watson
Chairman
Housing & Economic Development Committee, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian. Homelands Assembly, Honolulu, HI
Ms. Robin Danner
President/CEO, Council
Native Hawaiian Advancement, Honolulu, HI
Ms. Kehau Filimoeatu
Chair
Hawaiian Community Assets, Honolulu, HI
Source: http://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?hearingID=fdc910e4f963443f7f322e70b6ecb40b
Senator Daniel K. Akaka is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Senator Daniel K. Inouye will participate as a member of the Committee.
Attached is a copy of S. 65, the Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011.
The Oahu Veterans Center is located at 1298 Kukila Street, within the Foster Village Community near Pearl Harbor and Aloha Stadium.
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Aloha,
Lisa
Lisa C. Oshiro Suganuma
Policy Analyst
U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Native Hawaiian Relations
300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Rm. 5-231
Honolulu, Hawaii 96850
(808) 792-9555 (direct)
Comments
Annie Pau was given notice for eviction from Haleiwa Harbor that evening she died! This occurred because of someone calling the Mayor's office when the city sought community support to sweep Haleiwa Harbor of the unsighly housless before APEC meeting.