Candidate for Hawaii State Senate - District 10 in 2020 Hawaii Primary Election.
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Get StartedGive our law enforcement professionals the ability to do their jobs properly by closing loopholes and inconsistencies in our laws. Learn more
Increase surveillance and law enforcement on public lands so that they do not become hubs for criminal activity. Learn more
Fix our local prisons so that they can become places of rehabilitation where offenders and DPS employees can have a safe environment to live, work, and serve their time. We need to stop sending our prisoners to for-profit prisons in the mainland where they risk becoming indoctrinated into an endless cycle of crime. Learn more
Strengthen our local agriculture farmers and businesses by easing the costs to transport local products to local consumers. Learn more
Foster the conditions to bring industries and businesses that create high-paying jobs to stop the brain drain in our state. A quality over quantity approach. Learn more
Increase salaries for our teachers so that we can attract and retain the best education professionals who are doing the hands-on work. Learn more
Refit and renovate our aging school facilities so that our students can have comfortable, productive, and safe environments to learn in. Consider volunteering programs, non-profit partnership, private sponsorships, and/or traditional public funding as potential means. Learn more
Listen to the contractors, developers, and citizens whose actual job is to build housing. I will rely on them to better understand what can be done. Learn more
Create a simplified regulatory process that doesn’t force residents or developers to wait for years just so they can build homes. Learn more
Lower the costs for housing developments that are passed to occupants by identifying redundancies in the state process for permits and EIS’ and enabling better communication between state and local county permitting departments. Learn more
Drastically improve our state’s cost of living by working with the federal government to reform the Jones Act. Learn more
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