SCR 238: Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to relocate, with dignity, the homeless encampments FROM the Waianae Small Boat Harbor and provide a timeline for removal.

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to relocate, with dignity, the homeless encampments FROM the Waianae Small Boat Harbor and provide a timeline for removal.

     WHEREAS, the Waianae Small Boat Harbor is a valuable public resource for residents of West Oahu; and

     WHEREAS, multiple incidents have been reported regarding homeless encampments at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor; and

     WHEREAS, homeless individuals at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor have reportedly damaged boats and prevented people from accessing their boats; and

     WHEREAS, the homeless encampments at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor cause a nuisance to people wanting to use the harbor; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is requested to relocate, with dignity, the homeless encampments from the Waianae Small Boat Harbor ; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is requested to provide a timeline for removal to the Legislature; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Administrator of the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, and Enforcement Chief of the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement.

Report Title: 

DLNR; DOBOR; DOCARE; Homelessness; Homeless Encampment; Waianae Small Boat Harbor; Removal; Relocation; Sweep