Honolulu City Charter

Can Tommy Waters Even Run For A Third Honolulu Council Term? Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Can Tommy Waters Even Run For A Third Honolulu Council Term?

Honolulu Council Chair Tommy Waters is taking advantage of an ambiguity in the City Charter and hoping the courts don’t rule against his effort to get reelected.

Fund To Help Hungry Appears On Its Way To Honolulu’s November Ballot Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025

Fund To Help Hungry Appears On Its Way To Honolulu’s November Ballot

Fund would use existing property tax revenues to support programs to help people who experience food insecurity access locally produced food products.

Voters Could Add Immigrant Protection Measures For HPD In November Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Voters Could Add Immigrant Protection Measures For HPD In November

Police officials say department doesn’t participate in immigration enforcement anyway.

Honolulu’s Right To Food, A Trailblazing Proposal, Faces The Axe Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Right To Food, A Trailblazing Proposal, Faces The Axe

More than a dozen groups are calling on the Honolulu Charter Commission to disregard recommendations to kill a proposal to make food an inalienable right.

Charter Commission Panel Recommends Big Changes To HPD Oversight Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Charter Commission Panel Recommends Big Changes To HPD Oversight

A commission subcommittee is pushing forward a major overhaul of the Honolulu Police Commission including how the chief is selected and misconduct investigated.

What Pushes Locals Out Of Hawaiʻi? Low Wages Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

What Pushes Locals Out Of Hawaiʻi? Low Wages

The Honolulu Charter Commission has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to address the county’s crisis.

Kirstin Downey: Should Oʻahu Be Broken Into 4 Cities With 4 Mayors? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Kirstin Downey: Should Oʻahu Be Broken Into 4 Cities With 4 Mayors?

A Honolulu Charter Commission proposal suggests smaller, more localized government authority would be better for the island of 1 million people.

Beth Fukumoto: Explaining The Sweet Side Of At-Large City Council Districts Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Beth Fukumoto: Explaining The Sweet Side Of At-Large City Council Districts

A proposal before the Honolulu Charter Commission deserves thoughtful attention.

Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them?

Two Honolulu charter amendment proposals this year aim to enshrine sidewalk construction as a core local government responsibility.

With Hunger Growing On Oʻahu, A Push To Put Food Security To A Vote Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

With Hunger Growing On Oʻahu, A Push To Put Food Security To A Vote

The Charter Commission held a first hearing Monday of a proposal to create a food security fund using property tax revenue.

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