Honolulu City Council

He's accused of assaulting a 63-year-old man just before 2 a.m. on Harding Avenue near the Market City Shopping Center.

EMS took the victim to a hospital in serious condition.

Honolulu City Councilman Tyler Dos Santos-Tam is facing complaints that he violated Hawaii Sunshine Law just as he makes a move to take over leadership of the council.

Our Daryl Huff says his rival, Andria Tupola, is accusing him of holding an illegal meeting.

I did actually ask Councilmember Dos Santos-Tam directly and he did confirm that they gathered and that they took a vote.

as the board struggles to develop Kakaako Makai and get what is owed from Hawaiian Crown lands.

Testifiers included the Hawaiian Council and current lawmakers including Honolulu City Council member Esther Kia'aina who rushed to the OHA offices to testify and current OHA candidate Ke'eo Moku Kapu.

They supported Summer Silva who's been interim CEO for a year during a legal battle with current CEO Stacey Ferreira who's on paid leave.

We need this agency to be stable while we are facing an attack by the federal government.

He was on the city council, United States House of Representatives, and governor.

He said the hardest job was the Honolulu City Council, all of those.

And I got to agree with him, except for the mayor.

That's probably harder than being on the city council because there's so many issues, as I've talked about.

We want to thank all of our guests for joining us.

We started this conversation with Chair Tommy Waters, who talked more about the Supreme Court's decision that ultimately led to his ineligibility heading into this general election.

It was, of course, something that he was fighting for in order to be able to continue on in his time in the honolulu city council but says he's ultimately come to terms with the decision and is moving forward saying that there is still a lot of work to be done he didn't go as quite as far to say who he would endorse to take over his role as a leader of the city council to take over his role as chairman but said overall that that it is an important role and one that he has enjoyed doing and Also noted that and hinted that his politics in his future may not be over just yet.

Also said that he may be interested in seeking the office of the mayor coming up in two years.

But aren't we lucky that we vote by mail so you can do this from your couch? There's lots of good places to find information.

The official place for information for the amendments, those long 20 amendments, very good amendments, but long 20 amendments is, let me get this right, Honolulu City Council.

And the information, including what the actual amendment is, including the testimony both for and against, is all there for you.

And I hope people will study it.

Yeah, last week on Thursday, OHHA held a public forum for the public, both in person and livestream, just for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries to hear from these finalists.

And those three finalists are Summer Silva, who's an interim CEO, who assumed that role last year, late last year, after CEO Stacey Ferrer was put on administrative leave.

And then the other finalist is Todd Oppo, a former Honolulu City Council member, and Kaulana Park, who is a former director of the Department of Hawaiian Homeland.

So all of these folks come from decades of leadership experience and roles.

Next up, Ikaika Anderson, a lifelong Windward O'ahu resident and a proud graduate of Kamehameha Schools.

Anderson served 12 years as Honolulu City Council member for District 3, representing Waimanalo, Kailua, and Kane'ohe Anderson currently resides in Waimanalo with his ohana.

Kanekua Crab was born and raised in Hawaii.

He is a graduate of Mililani High School.

The most important responsibility of an Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee is to be a responsible steward of the resources entrusted to us for the betterment of our people, and to turn those resources into meaningful, measurable benefits, meaning protecting the trust, managing it prudently, and making decisions based on what serves the people of Hawaii and not politics, personalities, or short-term interests.

For every decision that came across my desk as a trustee, I would ask myself three questions.

Is it responsible? Is it transparent? And will it improve outcomes of our people? I've spent more than 11 years governing at the Honolulu City Council, managing competing interests and public resources.

As an OHA trustee, I would bring that same discipline, advocate aggressively for Hawai'i's people, but govern responsibly.