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March 28, 2017
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair
Committee on Judiciary and Labor
Hawai'i State Capitol
Honolulu, HI 96813
Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair
Committee on Ways and Means
Hawaii State Capitol
Honolulu, HI 96813
Dear Chair Keith-Agaran, Chair Tokuda, and Committee Members:
RE: HB 1195, HD 1, SD 1
Relating to Homelessness
I want to thank you for the attention that you are giving to the issue of
homelessness. Homelessness reflects the failure of our society to meet the needs of all
our people, and it is my hope that you and your fellow legislators will continue to strive
to ease this burden and deal humanely with the pain that homelessness inflicts, both on
those without shelter and on the community at large.
HB 1195, which calls on DHS/DOH to provide various kinds of outreach services,
has been identified by our Big Island homeless experts—our local Community Alliance
Partners-- as one of their top priorities for this legislative session. I therefore am pleased
to stand with them in asking that HB 1195 be approved with adequate funding and an
early effective date.
Respectfully
submitted,
0/Harry Kim
Mayor
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