City and County of Honolulu

A new report recommends housing stipends, better medical benefits and other efforts to help recruit and retain Honolulu Police Department officers and civilian employees.

A new mobile app and website allow Oʻahu residents to submit issues or service requests about things like potholes and street lamps, and the system will send each report to the appropriate department.

Nearly 280 proposed charter amendments have been submitted to the Honolulu Charter Commission, including several with a focus on improving farming or ensuring that residents don’t go hungry.

The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee advanced a bill Tuesday to try and make an unused affordable housing program more attractive to landlords.

Military veterans 65 and older on Oʻahu will be given a $20 exemption from their annual vehicle registrations. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi has signed a bill that makes the exemption a city law. It will go into effect next July.

Next year Oʻahu voters could be asked if the city’s mayor should be given the ability to hire and fire the chief of the Honolulu Police Department, which is currently something only the commission can do.

The chief resilience officer tracks, manages, and develops plans regarding the impacts of climate change on city infrastructure, and monitors areas across Oʻahu that could potentially be at risk.

Kaimukī's Mauʻumae Nature Park will be a new spot for the traditional Japanese practice of kyudo, a blend of archery and self-discipline.

The BID's budget for its first fiscal year is nearly $2 million, most of which will be funded by fees collected from landowners based on the assessed values of their properties.

Honolulu councilmembers pushed the city Department of Emergency Management for more coordination and public awareness for evacuation plans following the July tsunami warning.