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Mākaukau ke Keʻena Kuleana Ჹɲʻ (OHA) e loaʻa ke kālā iā ia ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻāina i loaʻa mua i ke Aupuni Ჹɲʻ.

Ka Ulana Pilina Badge Olelo HawaiiʻĀnō, koi ʻia nā keʻena aupuni e hāʻawi i ke kālā he $15.1 miliona iā OHA i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻopaʻa nā mea kau kānāwai i kēlā nui kālā ma ka makahiki 2006, a ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia kēlā mai kēlā manawa aku.

Ua noi akula ke keʻena i nā mea kau kānāwai no nā makahiki he nui e hoʻonui i ka palena i kahi nui kālā i ʻoi aku ai ke kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻohana ʻo OHA i kēlā mau kālā no nā polokalamu haʻawina kālā, akā ua hala nā hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui ʻia aʻe ai ka palena.

Hiki paha i kahi hana ke holomua pono. Ma ka Pōʻakahi, ua koho balota lōkahi ka House Finance Committee e hoʻoholo i kahi pila e hoʻonui i ka palena i $21.5 miliona kālā. Koi hoʻi ʻo Senate Bill 2021 i kahi hui ʻana o nākānaka he ʻeono i koho ʻia e ke kiaʻāina a me ka paipai ʻana o OHA i kahi nui kālā hou i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

OHA Office of Hawaiian Affairs sign. Photograph made thru the glass entrance area.
Hiki paha i ke Keʻena Kuleana Ჹɲʻ ke loaʻa iā ia kahi kea nui o ka loaʻa kālā mai ko Ჹɲʻ ʻāina lehulehu. Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hāpai pū hoʻi ka pila i ko OHA hiki ʻana ke loaʻa ke kālā he $31 miliona ma kahi waihona kūikawā, a ʻo ia ke kālā i hiki ʻole i ke aupuni a me OHA ke hoʻohana ma mua.

ʻO Carmen Hulu Lindsey, ʻo ia kahi lālā o ka Papa Kahu Waiwai ma OHA, ua ʻōlelo akula ʻo ia ma kahi ʻōlelo kākau, ua hauʻoli ʻo OHA i nā hoʻololi ʻōlelo pākuʻi.

“ʻO ke koho ma kēia lā, ʻo ia he hoʻomaka maikaʻi i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kā kūʻēʻē loloa ʻana e pili ana i ka waiwai noho kahu ʻāina lehulehu,” wahi a Lindsey ma kahi hoʻolaha. “Mahalo mākou i kēia mau hana kau kānāwai e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau hihia ʻāina lehulehu ma o ka hana kūpono.”

ʻO nā ʻāina hoʻokuʻu ʻaelike ʻia, ʻo ia nā ʻāina aupuni kahiko a me nā ʻāina kalaunu mai ke aupuni Ჹɲʻ mai. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻāina he 1.8 miliona ʻeka iā ʻAmelika ma hope o ka hoʻokāhuli hewa ʻana i ke aupuni. Ua hāʻawi hou ʻia nā ʻāina ma ko Ჹɲʻ lilo ʻana i mokuʻāina ʻAmelika ma ka makahiki 1959.

Ua kūkākūkā ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i kēia kumuhana i mau manawa ma o kēlā mau makahiki ʻelima aku nei. Ua pili ko OHA kea loaʻa kālā i ʻekolu mau hālāwai a ʻoi ma ka Hale Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe ma Ჹɲʻ.

Ma kēlā me kēia hālāwai, ua ʻōlelo nā luna hoʻokolokolo, aia ke koho i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻopaʻa i ke kea o ko OHA loaʻa kālā. Ma ke kekeke 1980, ua hoʻopaʻa nā mea kau kānāwai i ko OHA kea ma 20% o nā loaʻa mua mai nā ʻāina lehulehu mai.

ʻO ke kā kūikawā no kā ka ʻAha Kenekoa pila ʻo SB 2o21, ʻo ia ke hoʻololi i ke kānāwai e hāʻawi ʻia ai nā loaʻa kālā he 20% mai kēlā mau ʻāina mai ma hope o ka uku ʻauhau. Ua noi akula ʻo OHA i ka ʻAha e kāpae i kēlā koina. Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena ma , hiki i kēlā koina ke “hoʻēmi i ko OHA kea i mea ʻole.”

ʻO Naʻunanikinaʻu Kamaliʻi, ʻo ia ko OHA luna mea paipai, ua haʻi akula ʻo ia i nā mea kau kānāwai ma kahi hālāwai hoʻolohe ma ka Pōʻakahi, e makehewa ana nō ke keʻena i ka hoʻoholo ʻia ʻana o kēlā koina.

“E hoʻololi kēlā i ka hana ana e hana ʻia ana no nā makahiki he 40,” wahi āna e pili ana i ke koina.

Ua kāpae ka House Finance Chairwoman ʻo Sylvia Luke i ua koina nei ma ke kā kūikawā o ka pila.

Ma kinohi o ka wā ʻAhaʻōlelo, ua hāpai ʻo OHA i kahi noi nui a ka launa ʻole no nā uku ʻāina kalaunu. Ua noi aku ke keʻena e hoʻonui i ka palena i $78.9 miliona kālā. Noi pū hoʻi ʻo OHA i $638 miliona kālā me he uku lohi lā mai ke aupuni mai.

Ma kahi hōʻike noiʻi na OHA no ka loaʻa kālā ʻāina ma ka makahiki 2016, ua kuhi ʻia, ʻaʻole i hōʻike nā keʻena aupuni i ke kālā he $200 miliona a ʻoi ma ka loaʻa kālā mai nā ʻāina kalaunu mai. Eia naʻe, ua kānalua ko ka mokuʻāina Department of Budget and Finance i ka pololei o ko OHA nui kālā i kuhi ʻia no ka uku lohi. ʻO ka pila e noi ʻia aku ai kēlā nui kālā, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo , ua hāʻule ma ka ʻAha Kenekoa ma Pepeluali.

Wahi a Luke ma ka hālāwai hoʻolohe ma ka Pōʻakahi, e aho ka hui hana e kūkākūkā i nā uku lohi i ʻaiʻē ʻia iā OHA mai kēlā hoʻonā aku nei ona me ke aupuni. Ua hana ʻia pēlā ma ka makahiki 2012, ʻo ia ka manawa a Kiaʻāina Neil Abercrombie e hoʻoholo aku ai i ka hāʻawi ʻāina ma kai o Kakaʻako iā OHA.

He $200 miliona kālā ka waiwai o kēlā ʻaelika, akā ʻaʻole i hiki iā OHA ke hoʻohana pono i kēlā mau ʻāina ma muli o ko nā mea kau kānāwai hoʻokū ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kūkulu hale.

Ua hāpai ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Amy Perusso i kekahi pilikia nui no ko OHA uku ʻia ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo akula ʻo ia, ua hōʻike kahi noiʻi na nā mea kau kānāwai iā Agribusiness Development Corp., ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻo ADC i kahi kālā iā OHA mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana aku i 30 mau makahiki aku nei.

Wahi a Luke, e nānā ana ka hui hana i kēlā pilikia kikoʻī.

E koho balota ka ʻAha Lunamakaʻāinana e pili ana iā SB 2021 i kēia pule aʻe. Ma hope iho, hiki paha i ka ʻAha Kenekoa ke ʻaelike i ko ka ʻAha Lunamakaʻāinana hoʻololi ʻana, a ʻo ka hoʻouna akula nō ia o ka pila iā Kiaʻāina Ige no kona nānā ʻana aku.

Inā kūʻēʻē ka ʻAha Kenekoa i ko ka ʻAha Lunamakaʻāinana mau hoʻololi ʻōlelo pākuʻi, e lawe ʻia ka pila i kahi kōmike kūkākūkā, a ma laila e hoʻoponopono ʻia ai nā hihia ma nā hana.

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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