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OHA trustees approve staff positions across matrices and request rapid-response role on Banyan Drive measure
Summary
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees on Feb. 25 approved staff bill-position recommendations across multiple matrices and asked advocacy staff to submit rapid-response testimony asking that OHA be consulted — and have a voting seat — on amendments to a Banyan Drive provision now placed inside a stadium authority bill.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted Feb. 25 to accept staff recommendations on a slate of legislative bills and directed quick action on a late change to a Banyan Drive measure now contained in a stadium authority bill.
Deja Ostrowski, advocacy manager for OHA, told trustees that language from SB2616 relating to Banyan Drive was gutted and replaced and folded into a stadium authority bill. "We submitted rapid-response testimony asking that OHA have a seat at the table, because of the ceded and government lands that are a part of Banyan Drive," Ostrowski said, summarizing testimony that asks that the lineal-descendant representative remain a voting member rather than only a consultative seat.
Why it matters: Trustees said the change required a quick response because bills can be amended and moved across vehicles during final committee activity. The board waived the usual Beneficiary Advocacy & Empowerment (BAE) committee review to allow a prompt board-level position and then approved staff recommendations across multiple matrices that set OHA's…
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