To his credit, he didnt buckle under pressure. Chief Ballard said that HPD cant be compared to police departments on the mainland, that she doesnt believe theres a systemic problem particularly involving racism, perhaps violence and misconduct. Provide zero-interest down payment assistance to first time homebuyers. End financial conflicts of interest Access and information to ensure that peoples basic needs are met, such as food and housing. Sometimes youre not gonna come to an agreement, but when the public feels that at least theyve had a say in the matter, it makes life a lot easier now to add to that. So it is with Keith Amemiya, who, thanks to the lessons taught by his hnai parents and his years of public service, has grown into the next possible mayor of Honolulu. Concerted efforts towards visitor industry spending on local businesses and local agriculture, while mitigating impacts at hot spots and special places, can make a big difference for both our visitors and our local communities. The ethics commission should have more enforcement powers. It sounds a little bit like unicorns and rainbows to me, but what happens if that doesnt work? Hes appointed me to a couple of state boards and commissions. Well, we need to get out of our cars and car pool. They didnt have to, we werent blood relatives. Im a firm believer, when I was on the commission 10 years ago, Im a firm believer now, that any effective oversight body, especially one involving the police and law enforcement, needs transparency and accountability. I am sure that you heard from those developers though, that, Yes, we were reaching out to neighborhood boards, we were following the process, we were communicating with communities. But all of a sudden the conflict rises. Ultimately, I hope we are able to find common ground through better land management and proceed with the TMT construction while ensuring that Native Hawaiian concerns are meaningfully addressed, as these concerns will otherwise continue to exist whether or not the telescope is built. But in regular neighborhoods, quote unquote, clearly Im against them. [2] Work with community organizations to go beyond just saying no and move into envisioning what we are willing and wanting to say yes to affordable housing in their communities. Why did you do that, when the office of mayor is non-partisan? Instead, with each passing day he grew more resilient when faced with challenges. I sympathize with the public. We can look at financing, interest rates are still relatively low, we can look at partnerships with the private sector. Theyve had their chance. The mayor has appointed some two new people, and well see whether they do a good job. She was living independently, but clearly needed help. Keith Amemiya (born September 1, 1965)[2][3][4] is an American business executive and politician who ran in the 2020 Honolulu mayoral election,[5][6] and in 2022 for lieutenant governor of Hawaii. We need to restore trust in government. Keith brings a wealth of knowledge, relationships and experience to CPB Foundation, said Catherine Ngo, Chair, CPB Foundation. Keith Amemiya is a candidate in the 2020 Honolulu mayoral election.. Our future generations have been overlooked for far too long, and we need to build our future for them. Theyre trying to find a contract with a group of companies that would not only build the last stage of the rail, but also will maintain it and run it for the next 30 years at a price that is affordable to the city. What makes you the leader that voters should trust to lead Oahu out of this pandemic crisis? One of the very first guests to their home was former Molokai High standout Kalei Adolpho, who wound up starring in basketball and volleyball at University of Hawaii at Mnoa. Im open to that, and I know cities like Singapore place a huge fee or surcharge to even have the right to buy a car. The Amemiyas already own a Nuuanu home and Keith Amemiya is a senior vice president of Island Holdings Inc--not exactly the target buyer for affordable units. Were on an island. Does that influence you that, Oh, Ive gotta make sure UPW and HGEA are happy?' Working closely together, they got to know and like each other. Im for open communication, transparency, we need to make it easier for people to have their say, and technology has proven that you can do it. Were facing an unprecedented situation. I even worked the weekends as a handyman to help pay my way through college at the University of Hawaii and law school afterward.. There are shelters available, but not enough for the 2,000-some un-sheltered folks that are on the street right now. I dont think were gonna take away necessarily from any other department, Ive heard from the construction industry, and the development industry, theyre willing to help pay for increased pay for workers or whatever it takes to retain workers in DPP so that they dont leave after six months or a year and start the turnover churn over and over. Bert and Harriet were great role models for me. And number three, implicit bias training. Personal Banking Beyond the Basics is a blog dedicated to financial literacy in Hawaii. Would you require something like that as part of the permitting process, some kind of online forum for people that developers would have to go through, reach out to people really let people engage? You can impose a tourist passport tax, to levy against tourists, and itll be used to help provide or pay down infrastructure. We also need to improve our resiliency as a community so we dont suffer the fallout from another economic shutdown. Their oldest son, Chris, was my best friend. Many of them had to make hard choices, whether its to pay the rent or pay their car bill, whether its pay their medical bill or food on the table or even choose to stay here and struggle or move away from family and friends to the mainland to find lower cost of living. I dont know if its the same degree or not, but Im a firm believer in you can always be better, you should always try to be better. I agree with her that the vast majority of our officers in Honolulu are honorable law-abiding people who care about our community, but theres always room for improvement. Ive been an executive in several areas in the private sector, the public sector, the non-profit sector. Im not just gonna work with Democrats because Im a Democrat, but I do believe and stand by Democratic ideals. Mauna Kea is a special place for Hawaii, for spirituality, and for the universe. PHOTO COURTESY KEITH AMEMIYA, He would soon find out. It is important that we come from a place in these discussions of knowing and respecting that wahi pana. Essentially, they told him that although they had welcomed him into their home and raised him since his early teenage years, he the childhood buddy of their son Christopher and someone whom Bert had frequently coached in youth sports leagues needed to learn to stand on his own. Im sorry. Do you have that same confidence? I need to show voters that Im running to be mayor for the right reason, he continues. People need jobs, theyre gonna need money when the federal money starts running out. You know, I dont know if its the citys role to tell them what to do, but I do know the hotels are already planning for climate change and sea level rise. Umm, there must be some issue I changed my mind on, and I need to think about it a little more. Are you the most liberal candidate running from mayor? And we exponentially increased the amount of college scholarship opportunities for girls. Its hard to make ends meet. I got to meet a lot of people. Many of them were struggling. So I dont wanna speculate. Now, of course, we have to balance it with the needs and the capability of the employer, and especially with COVID hitting us, we need to look at whats fair. Those are three areas we can be successful in, but it takes political will, explains Amemiya. I created girls water polo, I created girls judo, I created girls wrestling. I care deeply about the community, and I want to create a better Hawaii and a better Oahu for all of us. I basically doubled the amount of female sports opportunities during my tenure. Coordination of evidence-based and research-driven practices for community-wide testing and vaccinations. I felt concerned for her. Its been disastrous from before construction. You know Keith, I was looking back, you place so much importance on your role running the high school athletic programs. Its pretty powerful people that are very well connected, and very entrenched, you might even say, Are you really your own man, or are other people pushing you to take this job? You need to be proactive and you need to get out there constantly. And to me, thats unacceptable. Access to food, housing costs, small business needs, unemployment benefits, and clear communication to the public are my top priorities when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to have someone who will bring people together to find solutions to it and just build more affordable housing. You deal with broad constituencies, you deal with every community. Contact & Personal Details. How would that work? How do you get a change in the economic type of person coming to Hawaii? What are you gonna do about this very fundamental problem? Additionally, he is credited with reuniting the Oahu public and private schools in football after 48 years of separation, a feat many thought was impossible. Amemiya testified before a federal grand jury Thursday. One of the cornerstones of his campaign addresses Honolulus severe housing deficit, which he says is 22,000 units short of demand. To fix this issue, hes vowed to curb activities such as illegal vacation rentals, which he argues increases the cost of housing. thats the closest I can get. MARK GALACGAC PHOTO. If a developer, for instance, followed the law, they did reach out to people such as the Kahuku windfarm. The current administration, the city is undergoing a climate action plan. Why cant we have online submittal, or registering for testimony? Wow. I think thats something that should be done, not only in the police department, but in all city departments throughout the city government. We have heard in the middle of this pandemic from behavioral health specialists that they are deeply concerned that depression will get worse, domestic violence, all of these other issues will get worse because of the pandemic. Well, first, they were breaking the law, and thats not right. Keith, you know, whenever we mention illegal vacation rentals, we always have people call us and say whether theyre illegal or not, they need that income from that house or from that room in their house to supplement their income because our cost of living is so bad. Let me ask one more question, and along those lines, you were on the commission, there were problems with the police department when you were on the commission too. It was 1995 when Amemiya first crossed paths with the woman who would become his life partner. Theyre part of the problem. So Im in support of that. Many residents and business owners often and rightfully felt confused, fearful, and uncertain with restrictions and recovery plans. Keith, but some of the complaints that have come out of that, I think of Campbell High School in particular, where there may be a sports team for the girls, but they may not have locker rooms like the boys do that would be very fundamentally unfair. Theyve been involved in politics. They want someone different, and they want someone new. During his 12 years with HHSAA, for example, he successfully persuaded many risk-averse principals and athletic directors to launch a second state championship division for the so-called smaller schools. It was a move that not only brought in more money for the state, but also increased the level of excitement for prep sports exponentially. Check us out any time for great content and great community. When you look at the Mauna Kea movement and how it has sparked conflicts over projects, what do you tell the nervous developers who have already received the green light by government, and what do you tell the police who have to enforce the law, and native Hawaiians who are willing to protest and put their lives at risk for their causes? Make state lands available for low or no cost for affordable housing to be developed, where appropriate and where sufficient infrastructure exists. They married in 1996 and have a son. My top spending priorities will be for affordable housing and reducing the cost of living for our residents. What would you look at cutting, what city services? Ive led organizations that have many challenges that are similar to running city government. But you also have to do your homework and show them on paper, and once you get a track record of success, then the next time you propose something, theyre more open to it.. Keith Amemiya is on Facebook. I dont know, Im just thinking out loud, and maybe the city will acquire that property for them, or the state, and that in turn will help find them a new house and pay for it. Keith, if you're augmenting one department, like the Planning Department, what department or other initiatives would you be willing to take away from to help balance the budget? So I prefer looking at that area first, and I also wanna look at technology and being more efficient. Our neighborhoods were being altered, the character of them and the nature of them, and a lot of my friends who lived in areas from Kaimuki to Pearl City to Kailua complained about the proliferation of tourists living right next door to them in residential neighborhoods. But I also think we can do things like focusing on higher end tourists, higher quality tourists, tourists that spend more money, as opposed to the bargain basement tourists that weve had that havent really added to our bottom line, so to speak, in terms of quality of life and revenue to our hotel workers. I support Hawaii Tourism Authoritys movement to Huliau or transform towards a kamaina-driven visitor model, focused on bringing the right visitors that are respectful and mindful of their impact on the local community. Little wonder why so many of his supporters believe that in a city ripe for a leader who can galvanize the masses, Amemiya represents their best hope. Prior to this pandemic crisis, the city was in pretty good financial shape. You know, you bringing up now, talking about tourism, a lot of people are coming off of our 10 million tourist year and then actually having a sort of vacation from the tourists right now. So my relationship with Governor and Mrs. Ige is strong. He is the Chairman of the Board for two of the subsidiaries, Atlas Insurance Agency and Pacxa (IT company). I know theres a federal investigation ongoing, and lets see where it takes us. This Endless Those things do take time, though. We need to do all of that, because housing is in short supply on the island. [2][7][8][9][10] Until 2019 he was the campaign treasurer for U.S. Its legal. You say that you want to restore trust in government. We need to contemplate innovative revenue generation opportunities, including potential green taxes, to create more funding. Or did you change anything? We need to look at maybe elongating the financing of the rail project, but we need to finish the rail project. Keith, speaking about Governor Ige, obviously, one of the things the mayor will have to do is work closely with the governor and with the legislature, particularly now, in the recovery from COVID. I added several female sports that didnt exist before, whether its girls golf prior to that, the girls have to compete with the boys for the championship, that was unfair. Other names that Keith uses includes Keith Y Amemiya. Its the number one issue here as well, based on my feedback from constituents. Keith calls Honolulu, HI, home. Im not afraid to say Im a Democrat and I stand for the democratic ideals.' Priorities such as building water and infrastructure capacity for housing, down payment assistance, and investing in diversified industries are all important for our continued economic recovery. He also served as Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association. Yes, absolutely, but this does not address the long-term issues. So I think if you cut down on that, itll help the over-tourism that we all felt. Box 1777, Honolulu, HI 96806. Keith we wanted to change a little bit of direction and get to know a little bit more personal side, a side that a lot of people don't know about. And also Governor Ige came out and said that was a failed policy. Particularly at a time when youre trying to maybe cut bureaucracy, which I know is another thing that you have proposed. Well, it was clearly incompetence. Thats something that the city should consider. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Eliminating taxes on food, medicine, diapers, and other essential products. When you say that rail was ill-planned, who do you blame for that? When I joined the HHSAA, I saw glaring inequity that our female student athletes were having less opportunities to compete in sports. Clearly that wasn't enough, and that's an ongoing issue, and I'm glad that steps are being finally made to level the playing field for girls in terms of the sports facilities that they need and deserve. Would you be willing to freeze or reduce city worker salaries, for example? We need to provide more services. Good fruit always comes from good trees. I feel that people who have the power to affect change should do so, and we need to do what we can to make life better for them. We need to build more affordable housing. And if they submit shoddy plans, theyre gonna be held accountable in the long run and they wont be allowed to do business with the city. You basically make it easier to get past, eventually. There are many inspirational things happening in different parts of our community that can each help to build exciting opportunities for Hawaiis future. He has served as Chief Administrative Officer for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents and Honolulu Police Commissioner.He is an attorney, former executive director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, and executive involved with the investments of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative created by Mark Zuckerberg and his . The same can be said for using the states commercial and industrial holdings as potential sites for technology companies in the biotechnology and innovative technology sectors. They started that way, and they dont have the resources to pick up and move. We just lost Loretta Sheehan, we just lost Steve Levinson, highly critical about the commission not really having oversight over (the Honolulu Police Department). Amemiya is the son of former Hawaii Attorney General Ronald Amemiya. Is this the green visitor fuel youre talking about? On his campaign. Its worked in other cities, and I can;t see why it wont work in urban Honolulu. All rights reserved. We do a lot of chores and we do a lot of takeout, notes Bonny, adding that the couple often passes its weekends watching documentaries and, prior to COVID-19, attending numerous sporting events together. While critics like to point out his lack of political experience, Amemiya takes pride in his outsider status, viewing it as an argument against the status quo. In listening to communities across the state, I believe that first and foremost, the people of Hawaii deserve someone they can trust and who will passionately fight for their interests. Theyre more productive, theyre healthier, they have more time for their families, so any time you can raise the wage, Im in favor of it. Did you ever stand up for a young female athletes while you were there? Im not against all vacation rentals. Relatives & Associates. I served on the Board of Education from 2011 to 2015 and know firsthand that every school is unique, particularly in our island state. If you dont show up, dont complain later.. Hey, were gonna possibly redevelop Sherwood Forest. We need to do more proactive engagement with the community. We also need to dedicate a team to pursue ongoing federal funding, as we know that we are leaving billions of dollars on the table every year. We wanted to move along to some questions about police. The prices of housing, gas, food, and other essentials are skyrocketing. Copyright MidWeek | All rights reserved. So the rail project right now, its a major step. Its increasing even more as a pandemic lasts, so we need to do more partnerships, collaborations with non-profit agencies that are equipped to handle those kinds of situations. You need to surround yourself with honorable, decent people who always do the right thing. Well, to the point we discussed earlier, giving more teeth to the police commission may help, and that in turn will give more confidence in the public. What the Kobayashis did for me transformed my life, Amemiya finalizes, and Ive always thought that if every teenager could just get one adult to believe in them, what a better world we would have.. So what do you say to those folks who have some sort of vacation rental, what even to you do to them if youre mayor? Young people are leaving our state in alarming numbers, and we cant attract and retain essential workers because Hawaii is simply not affordable. I used to spend weekends with them often, and one day they asked me, or told me like, Hey, why dont you live with us?' How do you answer those two questions? Well, I share the concern and frustration, if you will, of the two most recent departing commissioners Levinson and Sheehan. As a state, we have only scratched the surface in terms of our potential as a hub for media production. Would you continue that practice. in Philosophy at Colgate University. That may change by the time this interview airs, but I think people are crying out for restoring trust, for seeing in the George Floyd marches across the country. In 2018, the ACLU had to sue the state of Hawaii to get equal treatment for women, for girl athletes. 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Japanese in Hawaii are the state's second-largest ethnic group, and Amemiya would have been the first mayor of Honolulu of Japanese ancestry. Were gonna talk about it, we wanna hear your view points. I know their issues. And the names you hear are Kirk Caldwell, the current mayor, or people with the last name Amemiya working for the administration, or former Attorney General, Colbert Matsumoto, Duane Kurisu. He also served as Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association. Require legislators to follow sunshine laws. Keith, one of the major contributors here to the carbon, to our carbon footprint, is road transportation. Theyre tired of the same old politicians running for office and making the same type of decisions that arent improving the lives of working-class families. In terms of fundraising, he has spearheaded many successful multi-million dollar campaigns statewide, including to save Junior Varsity sports in our public schools, the construction of Roosevelt High Schools new football field and track, and the creation of middle school sports programs in the most impoverished areas in the state. Whose failure is that? Again, when it comes to experience, theres different types of experience, and they have the wrong kind of experience. Industries such as agriculture, aquaculture and renewable energy should be further explored after having been neglected for far too long, he says. Her work seeks to hold the government accountable for how it spends money and makes decisions that affect people's lives. Executive Director, Central Pacific Bank Foundation. Obviously, I cant speak for the current administration, and what theyre gonna do from now to the end of the year, but we need to have a balance, like in all things in life, and if the hotels need a tax break, and the city can make it work on their end, and we should look at it. For example, two industries have demonstrated potential in Hawaii, but have not been fully leveraged: 1) film and media production and 2) technology and innovation. But on the other hand, I also think of a mom and her child on a stroller walking along a sidewalk and being afraid or having to navigate around a homeless person. Now, criminality, I dont know, Im not willing to say that. I am the only candidate who has a detailed plan to clean up corruption so that we can focus on the critical issues facing working families statewide, such as affordable housing, homelessness, and climate change. Paid for by Amemiya for Mayor, P.O. Theres no debate about that, in probably some things will have to be cut. The stories found here discuss the Financial issues and challenges unique to our island home. We need to do what we can to help them economically. I mean, thats clear, given the overruns that rail has shown us from the start. I dont know, I have to think about it. One of the more difficult parts was during my high school years. I was pleased to see the hard work of the working group that was composed of voices from various perspectives that I believe all care about Hawaii and our special places. So every situation is different, and in some cases, my sense is that the developers checked every box that they were supposed to check. Its a important viable alternative means of transportation for us on this island. All rights reserved. I suspect that if Im elected mayor, our lives are all going to change, he says. The Amemiyas Christopher, Keith and Bonny currently call Pauoa home. I will work with the governor to empower our office around affordable housing and dedicate staff and resources to work with statewide initiatives. That is a big reason we have a higher cost of living. Can you place penalties for people who have way more cars than they need? My plan to lower the cost of living consists of: Government in general, whether its federal, state or city, fair or not. We need to change our mindset. Colin Moore, Hawaii News Now Political Analyst: But speaking of cutting, whoever wins this election is going to take charge of the city at a time of financial crisis. I know that costs money, but one organization that I feel strongly about, that I know can help domestic violence in particular is the Domestic Violence Action Center. 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