Maile's District 21 Blog

(Note: Events with the latest dates are listed at the top.)

June 2013 Report to Waianae Neighborhood Board (posted 6.6.13)

ABANDONED TIRE TASK FORCE SEEKS DOCUMENTATION OF TIRE DUMPING PROBLEM; PLANS TO MEET AGAIN AT THE END OF SUMMER (posted 6.3.13)

E Ala Voyaging Canoe Update Meeting Held on 5/14/13 (posted 5.23.13)

Maile’s May 2013 Report to Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board (posted 5.22.13)

Sen. Shimabukuro’s May 2013 Handout (posted 5.12.13)

Mailiili Watershed Management Plan (posted 4.17.13)

MAILE TESTIFIES FOR MAKAHA BEACH PARK MASTER PLAN, PU`U O HULU COMMUNITY PARK IN MAILI, AND LEEWARD COAST BENEFITS PROGRAM (posted 4.16.13)

PUNANA LEO O WAI’ANAE VISITS CAPITOL 4/11/13 (posted 4.12.13)

Waianae Elementary School Update (posted 4.11.13)

Update: State Budget (posted 4.3.13)

WAI`ANAE HIGH SCHOOL’S SEARIDER PRODUCTIONS DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM HONORED BY LEGISLATURE (posted 4.2.13)

GMO LABELING UPDATE – Maile met with UH law students on 3/21/13 re GMO labeling bill (posted 3.22.13)

Trustee Peter Apo Testifies on OHA Budget 3/20/13 (posted 3.20.13)

KITV4 News: Sen. Shimabukuro’s Response to Sen. Slom’s Jessica’s Law Comment 3/15/13 (posted 3.16.13)

Hawaii News Now: Sen. Shimabukuro on Early Childhood Education Bill 3/14/13 (posted 3.15.13)

WAI’ANAE COAST RESIDENTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT THE CAPITOL ON 3/13/13 (posted 3.14.13)

FAMILY & CHILD INTERACTIVE LEARNING RALLY @ CAPITOL 3/14/13 (posted 3.13.13)

U.S Navy Recognized for its Hawaiian Cultural Stewardship and Renewable Energy Initiatives (posted 3.13.13)

Asset Forfeiture Bill Update SB 1342 (posted 3.13.13)

January Newsletter from Rep. Jo Jordan (posted 3.12.13)

Yale Research Team Met With Maile Regarding Tire Dumping Problem (posted 3.11.13)

MAKAHA Bridges Update (posted 3.8.13)

Sen. Shimabukuro’s March 2013 Handout (posted 3.8.13)

HSTA TELLS LEGISLATORS ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES; PLANS RALLY 3/14 @ CAPITOL (posted 3.8.13)

Senate Spotlight: Featuring Senator Maile Shimabukuro 3/5/13 (posted 3.7.13)

Maile Speaks on Foreclosure measures before the Collection Bar Section (posted 3.6.13)

Article: Repeal drug mandatory minimums (Maile introduced SB 68 Relating to Sentencing) (posted 3.4.13)

Minimum Wage Update: Measure to Increase; Exceptions to Minimum Wage (posted 3.4.13)

Why Labor Should Be Wary About “Wellness” (Article relating to SB 1264, introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro this session, concerning “Voluntary Wellness Programs”) (posted 3.4.13)

HGEA 2013 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES (posted 3.1.13)

Senate Spotlight (Senate Committee on Education hearing on Gubernatorial Nominees to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board) (posted 2.26.13)

A Very Important Message from Ku’ulani Keohokalole (posted 2.13.13)

KA PA’ALANA VISITS CAPITOL (posted 2.13.13)

PHOCUSED at the Capitol! (posted 2.12.13)

KHON2 News: State Tax Employees Speak Out Against Proposed Snooping Measures (posted 2.12.13)

Steve Canales of the Hawaii Democratic Party Labor Caucus (posted 2.8.13)

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Testifies (posted 2.8.13)

K-9 Kokua Dog Rescue Advocates Visit Maile on Humane Lobby Day (posted 2.8.13)

KOHN2: West-side Asks for Hearing on Rock Crushing and Landfill Expansion (posted 2.7.13)

Wai`anae Coast Doctors Testify at Capitol in Support of SB1085 on 2/6/13 (posted 2.6.13)

A Simpler Process for Submitting Online Testimony on Bills (posted 2.5.13; updated 2.12.13)

This morning with two of my Nānākuli Highschool student Interns: Ana & Nohealani (posted 2.4.13); DOE High School Students Legislative Internship Pilot Program (posted 1.31.13); Beautiful Illustration from our Intern Ana! (posted 2.6.13)

Bills for Native Hawaiian Center for Excellence at Leeward Communtiy College Pearl City (posted 2.4.13); Native Hawaiian Center Proposed at LCC (posted 1.30.13)

Wai’anae Coast Fishermen Testify at the Capitol 1/29/13 (posted 1.30.13)

Ocean Clean-Up Bill SB319 Advances 1/29/13 (posted 1.30.13)

MAILE’S BILL LIST – 2013 SESSION (posted 1.30.13)

Senate Commitee on Judiciary & Labor Confirmation Hearings for Judges Souza and Ochiai 1/11/13 (posted 1.11.13)

Listening to testimony.

AARP Volunteers Visit Capitol on 1/10/13 (posted 1.10.13)

Free Forum Re Child Sex Abuse Bill (Act 68) Authored by Sen. Shimabukuro & Other Civil Justice Issues 12/5/12 (posted 11.5.12)

PLDC Public Hearing: November 13, 2012 (posted 10.18.12)

HCAP Testifies at Capitol on Oct. 2 (posted 10.3.12)

Vetoed Measures 2012 Session (posted 7.16.12)

Wai’anae Neighborhood Board Report July 2012 (posted 7.3.12)

Maile’s 2012 Legislative Wrap-up (posted 7.2.12)

Update re: ‘Clean and Sober’ & ‘Halfway’ Houses (posted 6.19.12)

WSPNG Hosts “Talk Story” with Legislators June 20 (posted 6.7.12)

Community Concerns: Makaha Homeless, New Waianae Harbormaster, Fishing Permit for Keawaula Bay, Contacting President Obama (posted 6.7.12)

Foreclosure Reform Passed in 2012 (posted 6.7.12)

Waianae Neighborhood Board Report June 2012 (posted 6.5.12)

Hawaii State Senate Recognizes 2012 Leeward Oahu District Teacher of the Year – WIS Teacher Luane Higuchi (posted 3.12.12; updated 5.24.12)

Update on Fight to Close the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill (posted 5.21.12)

Leihoku Elementary Students Visit the Capitol (posted 5.4.12)

OHA Native Hawaiian Data Book online (posted 5.4.12)

Drug Abuse Prevention Measures Passed in 2012 (posted 5.4.12)

Governor Abercrombie Releases $34.2 Million for Education, Health Services and Communications Projects (posted 5.4.12)

Legislative Updates & Community Concerns (posted 4.27.12)

Child Sex Abuse Bill Signed into Law on 4/24/12 (posted 4.27.12; updated 5.4.12). NY Times Editorial Refers to Child Sex Abuse Bill Introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro (posted 5.7.12). First Lawsuit Under New Law for Child Sex Abuse Claims (posted 5.27.12). Star-Advertiser (6/10/12): ‘Victims Have More Time to Sue for Past Sex Abuse’ (posted 6.10.12). Free Forum Re Child Sex Abuse Bill (Act 68) Authored by Sen. Shimabukuro & Other Civil Justice Issues 12/5/12 (posted 11.5.12)

Support Needed for WCCHC Emergency Room (posted 4.19.12)

Public Listening Sessions for Ocean Resources Management Plan: May 2 in Wai`anae (posted 4.19.12)

URGENT! SCHHA/Ho`okulāiwi Partnership Needs Support (posted 4.17.12)

Odetta Fujimori Confirmed to Stadium Authority (posted 4.13.12)

Wai`anae Coast Pastors Visit Capitol (posted 4.10.12)

Hawaii State Senate Recognizes Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii’s Youth of the Year 2012 Finalists (posted 4.9.12)

Edith Van Gieson Honored by the Hawaii State Senate and Legislative Hawaiian Caucus (posted 4.5.12)

Dr. Steven & Mrs. Janice Olbrich Honored by the Hawaii State Senate (posted 4.4.12)

Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Witness Line-Up Bills on April 3 (posted 4.2.12)

Tire Bill SB 3006 Update (posted 3.31.12)

HSTA Leeward Visits Capitol 3/23/12 (posted 3.28.12)

Testimony Needed for Compost Toilet/Septic Tank Bill 3/27 (posted 3.26.12)

Hawaiian Immersion Update (posted 3.24.12)

Wai`anae Coast Flood Mitigation Meeting 3/28 at 7PM (posted 3.24.12)

Waianae HS Lemonade Alley Team Visits the Capitol (posted 3.22.12)

Makaha Bridge Project Updates from the Department of Transportation (posted 3.20.12)

Maili Boy Does Good: Tristan Aldeguer (posted 3.19.12)

Maili Resident Cynthia Rezentes Testifies in Support of Bill to Regulate Commercial Activity in the Ocean (posted 3.19.12)

Testimony Needed for Family Abandonment Bill on 3/21/12 (posted 3.19.12)

Testimony Needed for Sand Preservation Bill on Wednesday 3/21/12 (posted 3.19.12)

Wai`anae Coast Reapportionment: 8 March 2012 Summaries (posted 3.18.12)

Testimony Needed for Hawaiian Language Immersion Measures on March 21 (posted 3.18.12)

URGENT SB3071 SCHHA/HOOKULAIWI BILL March 20 Hearing (posted 3.16.12)

Testimony Needed for Witness Line-Up Bill on March 20 (posted 3.16.12)

Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Ocean Clean Up Bills (posted 3.14.12)

Testimony Needed for ‘Off-The-Grid’ Housing & Ho’okulaiwi Bills on March 14 (posted 3.9.12)

Makaha Waterman Mel Pu’u Testifies in Support of Lifeguard Bargaining Unit Bill (posted 2.28.12)

Frank Ruiz of Waianae Testifies in Support of Ocean Clean Up Bill (posted 2.28.12)

Ronald Lee of Waianae Stands Up for Injured Workers Rights (posted 2.27.12)

Senate Honors Kauila Clark of WCCHC on 2/12/12 (posted 2.26.12)

Nanakuli’s Avery Choy Retires After Serving Nearly 30 Years at HPD recognized by State Senate Certificate (posted 2.26.12)

Testimony Needed for Compost Toilet/ Septic Tank Bill Hearing on 2-28-12 (posted 2.24.12)

Testimony Needed for Ho’okulaiwi, Off-the-Grid/Indigenous Architecture, Witness Line-Up, & Family Abandonment Bills on 2/28/12 (posted 2.23.12)

Testimony Needed for Illegally Dumped Tires Task Force Bill Hearing on Feb. 24 (posted 2.22.12)

Testimony Needed for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Coastal Zone Management, Ocean Clean Up, & Sand Preservation Bills (posted 2.19.12)

Ho`okulaiwi Bill Advances (posted 2.16.12, updated 2.17.12)

Wai`anae Fisherman Carl Jellings Testifies in Favor of Sand Preservation Bill (posted 2.12.12)

‘Purple Spot’ on 2/15/12 City Council Agenda (posted 2.11.12)

Testimony Needed for Off The Grid Housing & Sand Preservation Bills (posted 2.10.12)

Landfill Community Give-Back Bill Advances (posted 2.9.12)

Testimony Needed for ‘Off The Grid’ Housing, Beach Preservation, & Family Abandonment Bills (posted 2.7.12)

Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Witness Line-Up Bills (posted 2.6.12)

Testimony Needed for “Off-The-Grid” Housing, Sand Theft, & Hawaiian Immersion Bills (posted 2.6.12)

Legislative Update: Bills Numbered (1/31/12) (posted 1.31.12)

Hawaiian Language Immersion Bill (HB2875) to Be Heard Feb. 8 (posted 1.31.12)

Landfill Community Give Back Bill to Be Heard Feb. 2 (posted 1.30.12)

Legislative Update: Bills as of 1/24/12 (posted 1.24.12)

Legislative Update: Preview of 2012 Bills (posted 1.1.12)

Transportation Update: 2nd Access Road (posted 1.1.12)

Legislative Update – December 2011

2011 Session Wrap Up (Westside Stories Ad)

Bills Passed on Final Reading (May 2011 Update; includes links to bill status for select measures)

Bill List (March 2011 Update; includes links to bill status for select measures)

2011 Bill List … Senator Maile Shimabukuro (includes links to bill status)

Landfill Ban Bills to be Heard 2/10/11

Hearing: Senate Bill 107 Environmental Justice for the Wai`anae Coast on 2/3 at 3:30PM

Hearing for Bill Introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro at the Request of Nanakuli Resident Chasid Sapolu on 2/1/11

Civil Unions Bill Advances Out of Senate Committee Jan. 24, 2011

CAPITOL TV BROADCAST LIVE: State Senate JDL Committee Hearing re SB 232 Civil Unions, 1.25.11, 10am (Jan. 24, 2011)

Legislation 2011: Bill update; Other updates Jan. 24, 2011

2011 Bill & Resolutions Update Jan. 18, 2011

Vacant State-Owned Lands Listing (Jan. 18, 2011)

Important Notice Re: Process to Replace Rep. Shimabukuro Jan. 11, 2011

Maile’s House to Senate Transfer Documents December 29, 2010

Legislative Update December 28, 2010

End of Session Highlights – 2010 June 28, 2010

2010 Legislative Session Wrap-Up May 28, 2010

WCCHC: Sign Petition to Urge the Governor to Release $1m Before Funds Lapseon 6/30/10! April 12, 2010

March 2010 Legislative Update March 27, 2010

Hawaiian Caucus Day 2010 Photos: Update – New Photos from House Communications Office March 16, 2010

Legislative Update March 12, 2010

Legislative Update February 19, 2010

Maile’s Bills Introduced – 2010 Legislative Session February 2, 2010

HB 2692 – in need of testimony! January 2, 2010

Legislative Update & News from Maile December 23, 2009

Legislative Session 2009 Wrap Up July 6, 2009

Legislative Update from Maile April 27, 2009

Ceded Lands Update: Hawaiian Affairs Committee Discusses Supreme Court Ruling April 18, 2009

Emergency Room, LCC-Waianae Bldg., Keawaula Updates & Support Needed April 16, 2009

Maile’s Updates February 24, 2009

Maile’s 2009 Bills to Date & Stream Clean Up Day January 26, 2009

2008 Legislative Session Wrap-Up May 6, 2008

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Update March 23, 2008

Taro Security and Purity Research Program – Senate Conccurrent Resolution 206 report is in! March 17, 2008

What is the OHA Settlement All About? (Your Comments Sought) March 15, 2008

Legislative Update February 29, 2008