Decision Making on OHA-Kakaako Deal

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Two House committees will meet at 11:15 a.m. in Conference Room 329 to announce their vote on House Bill 2521, the bill that transfers Kakaako parcels to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Two Senate committees, meantime, will meet Friday at 2:45 p.m. in Conference Room 224 to decide the fate of the Senate companion. Lawmakers have already indicated the state’s proposal may be amended; both measures must go through two more committees as well.

At a Senate hearing Monday on the measure, Gov. Neil Abercrombie — who strongly supports the deal — said OHA trustees could decide as early as this week whether to endorse the measures.

Photo of Kakaako Park courtesy jdnx.

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