It looks like the state is down with Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s call for “compassionate disruption” of the city’s homeless.

Thursday morning city and state work crews cleared the homeless and their belongings from segments of Kakaako under new rules that took effect this month under Bill 7.

Among the state agencies present were the state Sheriff’s Division, Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

The city of Honolulu enacted Bill 7 as a way to keep the city’s sidewalks clear of debris and other items that might be used by people living on the streets.

It combines with the city’s previous stored property ordinance and allows officials to immediately seize and possible destroy a person’s belongings that are considered a public nuisance.

Under the new law, anyone with personal property on the sidewalks are given 15 minutes to remove it before it is seized or thrown in a dump truck.

—Nick Grube

Photo via Jesse Broder Van Dyke