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From: Megan <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Subject: Testimony opposing Bill 122 and Bill 123 <br /> Date: Tuesday, May 21,2024 12:02:24 PM <br /> Aloha Planning Commission members. <br /> I intend to address you all in person tomorrow via Zoom for my presentation to you <br /> of testimony opposing both these bills. <br /> 1) Bill 122 - interference in Commerce. <br /> 2) Bill 123 <br /> My concern here is that this appears to be cultural appropriation of a time honored <br /> cultural practice at the very root of Hawaiian culture that blood family and those <br /> with close ties are 'Ohana' and that we take care of eachother. <br /> The `cultural appropriation' of removing 'Ghana' from the language seems a <br /> strategy to erase the argument for extended family or intentional communities (of <br /> which there are many especially in Puna & Hamakua ). With the need to care for <br /> elders, accommodate the younger generations who are priced out of a dire housing <br /> market the need for the concept of Ohana living together and more generous <br /> zoning permissions to create co-housing has never been greater than now. <br /> Especially on agricultural zoned land, the need for a 'village' to help tend to crops <br /> makes land hundreds of percent points more productive. <br /> Why does the Planning Department and our Council want to see us running in the <br /> opposite direction? <br /> I will also enter into the record that you have been in an absurd position of having <br /> to field testimony that should have been avoided if the bill was properly reviewed <br /> by the sitting Council members. <br /> Megan Isaac <br /> Hilo <br /> 808 6408263 <br />