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2025 Community Survey
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
1.
YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN:
What keeps you up at night or motivates you to want to do something? Choose ONE.
Feeling unsafe in my neighborhood
Not being able to afford to live here anymore
No help for kupuna to age at home
Watching our beaches disappear
Other (please specify)
2.
YOUR TOP PRIORITIES:
Bills to address state and community challenges were introduced last session with only some passing. What should come first next year?
Reduce homelessness in parks and on sidewalks.
Fund mental health and substance abuse treatment
Build housing for residents
Reduce crime.
Reduce noise pollution.
Plan for sea level rise.
Fund career-related education.
Create more parks and green spaces.
Keep luxury residential housing off Kaka‘ako Makai shoreline.
Other (please specify)
HELP US FIND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
Below are some of the biggest issues we face and possible solutions for those problems. Help us find the solution that can best solve the problem:
3.
Homelessness:
Over half of the homeless suffer from one or more physical disabilities. Most have substance abuse/addiction or mental illness, and 20% were 60 years and older. Which ONE of the following would you put first:
Permanent housing with support service for homeless.
Temporary kauhale villages with on-site services.
Reduce barriers to low-cost housing construction.
Increase mental illness and substance abuse treatment
Other (please specify)
Generating Revenues:
With the state facing increasing costs to meet our needs, how do we raise revenue without increasing Hawaii’s already high cost of living? Mark "support” if you believe a proposal will help or share any other solution:
4.
Taxing Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs):
REITs are companies that own major income-producing properties like Ala Moana Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village, and other large commercial and/or hotel real property developments. They are currently exempt from paying Hawai‘i state income tax on profits given to shareholders who mostly live out of state. This deduction would keep money in Hawaii to fund housing without taxing local families and businesses. Others worry that taxing REITs could discourage developers from investing in new projects here. Would you support Hawaii taxing REIT profits?
Support
Oppose
Unsure / Need more information
Other (please specify)
5.
Legalizing Recreational Marijuana:
Some in our community favor legalizing recreational marijuana because it will bring in revenue and lessen illegal black market sales. Others point to the costs involved in enforcement and in societal costs of marijuana-related disorders among youth, traffic accidents, and additional substance abuse costs. Would you support Hawaii legalizing recreational marijuana?
Support
Oppose
Unsure / Need more information
Other (please specify)
6.
Legalizing Gambling:
Some lawmakers favor legalized gambling in Hawaiʻi to generate revenue. Others caution that legalized states have faced higher demands on enforcement and increased costs of social services from gambling addiction, crime, and personal financial hardship. Would you support Hawaii legalizing gambling?
Support
Oppose
Unsure / Need more information
7.
Excessive Noise:
We live in a noisy urban area. Which one source of noise is most disruptive to you? (Choose one only)
Noisy / modified mufflers and revving engines
Amplified music from moving vehicles
Street performers and/or loudspeakers
After hours disturbances (e.g. yelling, loud partying)
Other (please specify)
8.
Sea Level Rise:
Rising sea level threatens Waikīkī and our coastline communities. Check the solution you consider the HIGHEST priority to address.
Restore Waikīkī Beach and replenish sand
Fix crumbling coastline walkways
Require coastal property owners to maintain their buildings
Fix the Ala Wai Canal and Harbor
Remove trash and debris from the Ala Wai Canal
Other (please specify)
9.
Kakaako Makai:
Some want to put luxury high rise condos in Kakaako Makai. What do you want for Kakaako on the coastline Makai of Ala Moana Boulevard?
High-rise luxury condos
High-rise housing Native Hawaiians can afford
Low-rise affordable housing for residents
Cultural and educational centers
Low density development other than housing
No development; keep parks and open spaces
Other (please specify)
10.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD:
Where do you live?
McCully
Waikiki
Ala Moana
Sheridan
Kakaako
Other (please specify)
11.
WHAT CAN OUR OFFICE DO BETTER?
Briefly write your suggestion:
12.
WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED?
We welcome you to work with us. If you’d like to work on an issue, please complete below with your name, email address and issue(s) you’d like to work on.
Name
Email
Issue(s)
