Responsible Resiliency
Caring for our most precious resources
As an island community, sustainability is critical to the survival of our communities. We have seen our beaches shrink, our streams dry up, our forests wane, we’re experiencing more significant weather events each year, and have seen the effect of sea- level rise across our island home. Now, more than ever, we need to protect our precious resources and brainstorm new ways to increase our self-sufficiency.
We must continue to take the big and small actions, from protecting our precious water supply from fuel contamination to ensuring that the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency has resources to support sustainable policy and administration. If we fail, our children will never be able to experience the things that make our community such a great place to live.
We must continue to take the big and small actions, from protecting our precious water supply from fuel contamination to ensuring that the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency has resources to support sustainable policy and administration. If we fail, our children will never be able to experience the things that make our community such a great place to live.
While serving as your City Councilmember and the Chair, we:
- For Red Hill – Kapūkakī: Ensured a safe drinking water supply for O‘ahu residents, dedicated $25 million for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to fund critical infrastructure development and prevent future contamination of our underground storage tanks.
- For Future Sustainability:
- Enacted an $8 Million a year directive in support of the Climate Resiliency Fund
- Council efforts won the city a major victory in the national climate deception case against “big oil” companies. A state judge issued two final rulings, providing a sweep of favorable decisions to the City and County of Honolulu and the Board of Water Supply in their pioneering case, seeking to hold large oil corporations accountable for decades of misrepresenting the scale and severity of climate change impacts from the use of their fossil fuel products.
- Passed legislation to stand up the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission to preserve irreplaceable historic treasures and sacred sites, including the ancient burial caves in Wailupe and so many others. This measure is one of many efforts that we worked on at the Honolulu City Council to protect and preserve our sacred sites, culture and history.
- Approved legislation providing for city curbside collection of food waste by January 1, 2024 as a positive environmental measure.
- Appropriated $5 million for cesspool conversions in high-risk areas, especially for low-income owners.
