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OHA land assets division briefs trustees on FY26–27 biennium budget, flags need for director and grant-writing capacity
Summary
Interim Land Assets Director Lori Walker presented a multi‑program biennium budget to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs board May 21, emphasizing staffing shortfalls, reliance on consultants and federal grants, and a request for a dedicated grant-writing capacity.
At a May 21 Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees briefing, interim land assets director Lori Walker presented the Land Assets Division’s proposed FY2026–27 biennium budget and told trustees the division is operating 13 distinct program budgets and needs additional staff and consultant support.
Walker said the presentation was intended to “speak to our budget request, and give time in between so that we can ask questions specific to the property groupings,” and warned trustees that the new briefing format and level of detail were producing “a lot of anxiety” as staff field repeated questions and follow-up requests.
The budget package groups the division’s work into commercial properties, legacy lands and a separate HLID (Halawa/Luluku Interpretive…
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