Honolulu Civil Beat
One of Hawaii’s environmental groups is calling for the repeal of the Public Land Development Corporation.
KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance has issued a press release saying that the new development arm of the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, “should be repealed because it promotes the sale and improper use of public lands, including ceded lands.”
Issued by Jon Osorio, a KAHEA board member and well-known UH professor of Hawaiian Studies, the statement continues -
"It improperly exempts the state from many of the important laws that are meant to be a way for the state to carry out its public trust duty to protect our precious resources. We believe there are no rules that can “fix” the PLDC to restore protections to our public trust resources and ceded lands. The PLDC simply must be repealed."
