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Residents urge preservation of archives and homestead protections; raise shoreline microplastic and blood-quantum concerns
Summary
Public commenters at the Dec. 11 meeting urged OHA to protect archives and trust lands from external exploitation, described severe shoreline microplastic pollution, and warned about threats to blood-quantum protections for homestead successors.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the OHA meeting to press for cultural-heritage protections, environmental cleanup and continued advocacy on homestead policies.
Louella Leonardi recounted family history tied to Waimanalo and raised two central concerns: she said the marketing and digitization of archival material could allow wealthy outside actors to "rip the archives…
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