Five Honolulu City Council member聽went to Kailua last night and voted to ban commercial beach activities at Kailua and Kalama beach parks, according to Hawaii News Now.

The council’s Parks and Cultural Affairs Committee traveled to Kailua to hear testimony on the new measure, Bill 11 CD1, which was introduced by area councilman Ikaika Anderson.

“They were loud and clear when they came out to a meeting I had about a month ago. A hundred plus community members said ‘Ikaika, we don’t want any commercial activity, we don’t want any tour bus activity, and we want you to take that back to the council,’” he said.

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(Photo from Hawaii New Now)

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