Kalehua Kaopua

Heal the roots. Grow the future of Waiʻanae.

Five priorities that work together. Each one feeds the next.

1

Heal the Roots of Violence and Homelessness.

Homelessness and violence in our community are symptoms, not causes. We have to address the roots — and that means an integrated, place-based approach.

  • Transitional housing that meets people where they are and walks them home.
  • Mental health and addiction support that's actually accessible from Waiʻanae — not a referral to a clinic two hours away.
  • Job training and pathways tied to local construction, agriculture, and the union trades.
  • Community-based healing through Hoʻoponopono — accountability and reconciliation, not punishment.
2

Protect Our ʻĀina.

The land is not a commodity. It is the foundation of our identity, culture, and future.

  • Local decision-making over land use — not developers, not out-of-state speculators.
  • Protected cultural and environmental sites that hold our history.
  • Priority land access for local families ready to live, grow, and care for it.
  • Stop the displacement of residents who can no longer afford to live where their families have always lived.
3

Grow Local Opportunity.

When local businesses thrive, the entire community grows stronger.

  • Training and capital for local entrepreneurs.
  • Storefront opportunities for makers and small-batch producers.
  • Community markets for vendors who would otherwise be locked out of the system.
  • Investments that prioritize coastal families over outside speculators.
4

Feed Community Through The Land.

This is about more than food. It is about self-reliance, culture, and community pride.

  • Community gardens producing fresh food in every neighborhood.
  • Food baskets for families who need them.
  • Agricultural skills training at every grade level.
  • Rebuilding our connection to traditional farming knowledge — the māla, the loʻi, the ahupuaʻa.
5

Permanently Affordable Housing.

Hawaiʻi families are squeezed out of the places their families have always lived. The answer isn't more market-rate towers. It's a structure that keeps housing affordable for the next family, and the family after that.

  • Land held in community trust — owned by the community itself, never sold to speculators, never flipped to the highest off-island bidder.
  • Long-term ground leases that give families generations of security without ever putting the land back on the speculative market.
  • Union-built homes — construction by Hawaiʻi workers earning prevailing wage, with apprenticeship pathways for the next generation of tradespeople.
  • Affordability that doesn't expire — homes that stay affordable for the next family, not just the first buyer.

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