I will work with the governor to empower our office around affordable housing and dedicate staff and resources to work with statewide initiatives. What would you look at cutting, what city services? Vacation rentals were never intended for residential neighborhoods. The current administration, the city is undergoing a climate action plan. Can I ask, you do talk openly about your mom's mental illness, and I know that must have been very difficult for you. Amemiya is the son of former Hawaii Attorney General Ronald Amemiya. Keith Amemiya named executive director of Central Pacific Bank Foundation By Star-Advertiser Staff Feb. 27, 2021 COURTESY PHOTO Keith Amemiya Prev Next Central Pacific Bank Foundation has. So the rail project right now, its a major step. I wanted to switch gears over to rail, and I know Daryl, you wanted, you had several questions on the rail project. These strategies can be implemented at the State level to create more housing: To his credit, he didnt buckle under pressure. Chad, why dont you go ahead and start. Would that supersede the role of neighborhood boards, or whats the added value there? Chief Ballard said that HPD cant be compared to police departments on the mainland, that she doesnt believe theres a systemic problem particularly involving racism, perhaps violence and misconduct. Now if I can add to that, the pandemic has taught us that maybe everyone doesnt have to go to downtown to work, that maybe you can work from home, maybe we can have four-day work weeks across the board with rotating days off, so that traffic is spread out over the week. Fortunately for him, he isnt laboring alone. He is the Chairman of the Board for two of the subsidiaries, Atlas Insurance Agency and Pacxa (IT company). And thats one of the first priorities that I want to take. You know, you bringing up now, talking about tourism, a lot of people are coming off of our 10 million tourist year and then actually having a sort of vacation from the tourists right now. You showed your cards there. Its legal. You know for some reason, I thought I might be asked that today, and I have the answer. Well, one issue I want to undertake and start from day one is to increase the affordable housing inventory in Hawaii. Well, that was a lot more than three words. So just how does Amemiya plan on curing the citys ills? We need to just be creative, we need to be innovative. So I prefer looking at that area first, and I also wanna look at technology and being more efficient. Theyre experienced in being involved in politics their whole career, theyre experienced in running for different offices every election cycle. I have no opinion on that. Its a important viable alternative means of transportation for us on this island. I first met Kalei when she was in middle school and, because she couldnt get the type of training and player development she needed on Molokai, Bonny and I agreed to let her live with us, explains Amemiya. At the time, he was a young civil litigation attorney and Bonny (formerly Suzui) was the CFO of a local fast food chain. I dont know, I have to think about it. We need to provide more services. I cant think of one off hand. To leave our site for the link you selected, click PROCEED. One of the very first guests to their home was former Molokai High standout Kalei Adolpho, who wound up starring in basketball and volleyball at University of Hawaii at Mnoa. Finally passing into law a true living wage and paid family leave. As a business leader, I have been able to bridge gaps between our businesses and our communities. One of the more difficult parts was during my high school years. Well, youve seen whats happened to that commission lately. Would you require something like that as part of the permitting process, some kind of online forum for people that developers would have to go through, reach out to people really let people engage? He has also served as the Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic . The stories found here discuss the Financial issues and challenges unique to our island home. There are shelters available, but not enough for the 2,000-some un-sheltered folks that are on the street right now. Theyve been involved in politics. You deal with broad constituencies, you deal with every community. I think my career has shown that. I felt it was important to take a stand to show what party I belong to. But if you did have to cut, what would you look at? Ban fundraising during the legislative session You know Keith, I was looking back, you place so much importance on your role running the high school athletic programs. A clear, number one, we didnt flip it for a profit even though we could have done so. Telephone: 808-529-4747, Big Island mayor remembers Hilo couple fatally stabbed, Ron Menor, longtime Hawaii politician, dies at 67, Girl, 17, critically injured in vehicle crash in Hawaii Kai, Passengers video captures last moments before Nepal crash, Police search for suspects after visitor robbed in Kaneohe, Ascending Spyros Chakas named National Player of the Week, Hawaiian Home Lands seeks extension to spending deadline, Community contest announced to resolve name beef, Jan. 13, 2018: Hawaii officials send out false alert about incoming missile. Thats the only way we can get out of this, that we have to help each other. Everyone tells me that the system in the Department of Planning and Permitting is outdated. Everyone on Oahu thinks they need their own car, and that everyone else should ride the bus or walk, and we need to all do our part. Would you be willing to freeze or reduce city worker salaries, for example? Well actually, looking over your Q-and-A for Civil Beat, thank you very much, you said COVID you know thats the problem of today, but climate change is really gonna be the problem for all of us for the near future, and much further down the line. Im sorry. You need to be proactive and you need to get out there constantly. We need their workers back on the payroll. Especially during these difficult economic times, its critical that they have the resources needed to continue their important work in helping people get back on their feet.. He defeated Keith Amemiya, 58.2% to 38.8%, in the November general election, and was sworn into office on January 2, 2021. Ive been an executive in several areas in the private sector, the public sector, the non-profit sector. On his campaign. I support Hawaii Tourism Authoritys movement to Huliau or transform towards a kamaina-driven visitor model, focused on bringing the right visitors that are respectful and mindful of their impact on the local community. I also believe we need to improve in the following areas: Clearer, more consistent communication to the public, with coordination from all levels of government and business and community leaders. Some of them are quiet, working-class. That may change by the time this interview airs, but I think people are crying out for restoring trust, for seeing in the George Floyd marches across the country. The bespectacled man seeking to become Honolulus top executive was surprisingly not born with that plucky attitude many have come to know him for; rather, he inherited that trait from his best friends family. And its more prevalent than people who think or want admit. And again, I know you said we cant keep mentioning illegal vacation rentals, but that will play a huge role in limiting the type and quality of tourists that we have. For the past 10 years, the CPB Foundation played a leading role in supporting The Salvation Army with their Angel Tree Campaign and 4-Corner Red Kettle Challenge. I have the experience to lead organizations. Well, it was clearly incompetence. Not me. MARK GALACGAC PHOTO. As a state, we have only scratched the surface in terms of our potential as a hub for media production. Well, we need to get out of our cars and car pool. And thats why Im running. So are you even qualified to be mayor, and can you do these things youre trying to do if you havent had an experience in this area? Kahauiki Village is a perfect, perfect example. Remember, one-third of the people in this state actually voted for President Trump. So Ill do what I can. Keith, when was the last time you changed your mind about something important? Her work seeks to hold the government accountable for how it spends money and makes decisions that affect people's lives. I even worked the weekends as a handyman to help pay my way through college at the University of Hawaii and law school afterward.. Its not for personal gain, for wealth or fame, but its to fix problems and make the community better.. Itll help to maintain our tourist attractions, like our natural tourist attractions, whether its the Koko Head stairs or other natural hikes. The ethics commission should have more enforcement powers. We need to sharpen our pencil. And people only started to protest when they actually saw the bulldozers come in, and at that time, the mayor, perhaps expressing some tone deafness on his part, did not want to stop the project. And the names you hear are Kirk Caldwell, the current mayor, or people with the last name Amemiya working for the administration, or former Attorney General, Colbert Matsumoto, Duane Kurisu. He definitely wasnt trying to impress me, says Bonny, chuckling at the memory. We're happy and proud to stand alongside you on this journey! He has also served as the Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) and as the Executive Administrator and Secretary to the Board of Regents at the University of Hawaii. Thats the way we can get out of this. The next mayor needs to do something about it. Many residents and business owners often and rightfully felt confused, fearful, and uncertain with restrictions and recovery plans. Senator Brian Schatz, and was appointed by several state leaders to serve on citizen boards, including the Honolulu Police Commission, Hawaii Board of Education, and Aloha Stadium Authority board.[2]. And the general public as well. I think I saw a recent study that showed that most people in Hawaii lived within several miles of their place of work. Im having a hard time figuring out where the experience in your career Where did you get experience to deal with these issues? By participating in online discussions you acknowledge that you have agreed to the Terms of Service. Other cities have pivoted to make themselves attractive to production companies and have reaped the benefits. Whoever was involved in the project before the construction started. What would you do as mayor to try to curb that? In 2018, the ACLU had to sue the state of Hawaii to get equal treatment for women, for girl athletes. It wont supersede the neighborhood boards, itll supplement the neighborhood boards. Give us something different, something that would bring down the number of tourists, other than Airbnbs and get you this high spending tourist you keep talking about it. They treated me like one of their own children. Weve known about this problem for a long time, and nothings really been done. They had four children of their own, and I was a fifth child, so to speak to them, and I learned a lot about giving back, compassion, selflessness, and just doing good when you dont expect anything in return. We have talented local producers and compelling stories to tell that can be part of a regenerative economy. As the only candidate for lieutenant governor who is not a career politician or lobbyist, and the only one who does not take money from lobbyists, I support the following measures to combat corruption in our legislature: Impose term limits on legislators Sure, there were issues, there always are, but none to the magnitude that occurred during Chief Kealohas tenure. I dont have to point out that most of our infrastructure, including the tourism sector and Waikiki, including the downtown business area, the Honolulu International Airport, these sewage treatments plants, the power plants all of that is on the coast. What did you change when you were on the commission? Umm, there must be some issue I changed my mind on, and I need to think about it a little more. Keith, you know, whenever we mention illegal vacation rentals, we always have people call us and say whether theyre illegal or not, they need that income from that house or from that room in their house to supplement their income because our cost of living is so bad. Our future generations have been overlooked for far too long, and we need to build our future for them. There were cell block beatings, the scandal where they were selling food out of the police stations kitchen that was meant for prisoners, things like that were happening. in Philosophy at Colgate University. All rights reserved. Is this the green visitor fuel youre talking about? The city had approximately $200,000,000 in reserve in the prior fiscal year. It wouldnt make sense to force a $20 an hour minimum wage when companies will shut down because they cant afford to pay their workers, but I do favor a serious look at increasing wages for our front line workers. And we exponentially increased the amount of college scholarship opportunities for girls. With executive leadership experience in both the public and private sector, Amemiya has unique insight to the multitude of issues facing Hawaii, coupled with the ingenuity to forge impactful solutions through public-private partnerships. We have lost trust with the public. You can impose a tourist passport tax, to levy against tourists, and itll be used to help provide or pay down infrastructure. Well, one area to look at is the city has approximately 1,000 vacancies right now, and theyve had that out of their 10,000-employee workforce for several years. How do you get a change in the economic type of person coming to Hawaii? Werent you part of that same culture, and how are you different from the commission that basically screwed it up? I dont have to point that out. Im open to that, and I know cities like Singapore place a huge fee or surcharge to even have the right to buy a car. We need to be creative. At least two of your competitors say that they dont need training wheels to be mayor. And its important to work well with state government; we have a small state, where everyone knows each other. Keith, I wanted to talk about the movement at Mauna Kea, because it has sparked a movement on every island, especially here on Oahu. Its a big, pervasive problem in our society. My roots are deepest in education, having served as the Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, Executive Administrator and Secretary of the University of Hawaiis Board of Regents, and as a State of Hawaii Board of Education Member. Theres no debate about that, in probably some things will have to be cut. I added several female sports that didnt exist before, whether its girls golf prior to that, the girls have to compete with the boys for the championship, that was unfair. We also need to improve our resiliency as a community so we dont suffer the fallout from another economic shutdown. The couple married in 1996, and three years later welcomed their only child, Christopher (named after Amemiyas best friend), into their world. When I was in charge of the (HHSAA), I had the opportunity to visit every community on this island. If theres a shortage of workers at DPP, lets look at outsourcing even more and focus more on compliance and enforcement on the back end. I served on the Board of Education from 2011 to 2015 and know firsthand that every school is unique, particularly in our island state. Report comments if you believe they do not follow our guidelines. After graduating from Punahou in 1983, Amemiya studied finance and law at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, where he earned his degrees. Together with families across the state, we have worked to solve chronic problems for the past few decades, including increasing funding in our rural communities and creating equal access to sports for women and girls. Yeah, we know you from high school, we know about Island Holdings, and you left that company, youre no longer with that company. We plan on helping him merge morals and values. As Bonny puts it, When you spend a lot of time with someone, I guess they just grow on you.. Corruption scandals at the Capitol have shaken our trust in Hawaiis elected officials. Relatives & Associates. Having trouble with comments? During this pandemic, my campaign pivoted from campaigning for a while and provided meals to low income elementary school students, healthcare workers and domestic violence survivors, and their children. We wanted to move along to some questions about police. There are hardly any services in Chinatown. What would a future generation of Hawaii say about you in three words? Why cant we have online submittal, or registering for testimony? I am the only candidate who has a detailed plan to clean up corruption so that we can focus on the critical issues facing working families statewide, such as affordable housing, homelessness, and climate change. Its a problem thats often swept under the rug, whether family members or society is embarrassed by it and doesnt wanna deal with it, but its a thing, its a problem, and we need to address it. We just wanted to launch into the questions for this job interview. In supporting my mother and her challenges with mental health, I have seen firsthand the lack of resources needed for individuals and families. Click here to see our full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Can you place penalties for people who have way more cars than they need? Copyright 2021, Central Pacific Bank. Or did you change anything? For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Keith Amemiya . Ive done that. So I think if you cut down on that, itll help the over-tourism that we all felt. Whoever was involved in the beginning of the project before construction. In the primary, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district Colleen Hanabusa, former state senator John Carroll, and former mayor of Honolulu Mufi Hannemann were eliminated along with many other candidates. And we saw first-hand that the incidences of domestic violence were already increasing. I support resuming tourism, but not at the 10 million visitors a year amount. They already are in Kaaawa and places like that. As a teenager, it must have been particularly difficult, you know, cause we all have difficult relationships with our moms, and I just wondered, did it take a long time to forgive her? You need to lead by example. Former Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz developed a team to pursue federal funding, something we should reconstitute to secure the billions needed for our state. All our focus is on COVID right now, were taking a hit budget-wise, but this is the biggest problem of our lifetime. Senior Vice-President Island Holdings, Inc. Keith Amemiya is an attorney and the Senior Vice-President of Island Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Island Insurance and four other local subsidiaries. I felt concerned for her. Instead, with each passing day he grew more resilient when faced with challenges. I created girls water polo, I created girls judo, I created girls wrestling. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. We cant afford to pay back over $800,000,000 in federal subsidies that weve already received for the rail project, and we also need to ensure that rail is completed, so that we can proceed with transit oriented development. We can look at financing, interest rates are still relatively low, we can look at partnerships with the private sector. I mean, we dont need to go to that point yet, but again we need to change the mindset that everyone does not have to own a car and that we need to explore other modes of transportation. I got to meet a lot of working-class people, and I got to learn about their issues and their challenges first-hand. While their stays are at best only over the summers and school breaks, these student-athletes are no doubt appreciative of the generosity demonstrated by the Amemiyas. Theyve had their chance. I know theres a federal investigation ongoing, and lets see where it takes us. I go back to just the federal subsidy, we received a loan thats $800,000,000. And we as a government need to do what we can to facilitate it. So prior to that I was getting shuttled from relative to relative, and I was very close to the Kobayashi family. I have the experience to bring solutions to problems. What was your connection to that project? Prior to this pandemic crisis, the city was in pretty good financial shape. You know it is what it is, you know. Keith Amemiya, better known by her family name Keith Amemiya, is a popular American business executive and politician. Their first date was dinner at a nondescript sports bar in Honolulu. I suspect that if Im elected mayor, our lives are all going to change, he says. Well, Id like to think that my hallmark, my background, is based on trust and integrity. It was rushed, it was ill-planned, and its been a source of frustration for everyone, but were almost done, as I said. Father and Mother in Heaven, and is the "elder brother" of all men and spirit beings. Now, in terms of the project, you are talking about, transit-oriented development is one area where we can utilize to build more housing. But people say, Who told you to run? They know that the job functions of many of their employees in HGEA need to be retooled, and so I look forward to working with both unions to make their workers jobs better and more efficient and beneficial to the taxpayers. Access and information to ensure that peoples basic needs are met, such as food and housing. Keith Amemiya ( Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. All rights reserved, https://www.cpb.bank/resources/2021/february/cpb-foundation-appoints-keith-amemiya-executive-director-awards-100-000-grant-to-the-salvation-army-hawaiian-pacific-islands, Copyright 2022, Central Pacific Bank. Commissioner, right, you actually ran that back under Mayor Hannemann, if I remember correctly, Hannemann. Theres no road map or playbook as to how to deal with this, so Im open to any and all ideas, and I dont wanna be so steadfast to say that we absolutely wont work with the hotels. Box 1777, Honolulu, HI 96806. We bought a unit in the open market, we bought it for our son, we paid market rate in the hopes, hes in college now, we bought it in the hopes that when hes done with college, he comes back home and has a place to stay. I think thats a great opportunity to look at retooling the jobs that they did, modernizing the jobs that they did and making it more efficient. End financial conflicts of interest Submit your coronavirus news tip. They provided a lifeline to me, they provided love, compassion, they provided structure to me, they proved to me that all it takes is one family or one person or set of people to show they care and it can uplift you and change your life trajectory. Mayoral candidate @keithamemiya joins me to discuss all of the issues we as a community are dealing with in the unprecedented time. Homelessness Mental He. PHOTOS COURTESY KEITH AMEMIYA. Its been disastrous from before construction. There are shelter beds available, we need to get the homeless people to the shelter. Yes, its gonna cost money to the city in terms of more sewage and more water infrastructure and the like, but I like to tell people, they ask me, How can we afford to? And I say, How can we afford not to? The longer we delay these tough decisions, the harder its gonna get to build more housing. Im also in favor of looking at maybe real property tax deferral, where they dont have to pay it now, but they can pay it later. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through. Dutifully, Amemiya accepted the Kobayashis decision even though at the time, he had no idea what it took to be a young, responsible adult with everything resting on his shoulders. Beyond using our islands as a site for filming, there are creative tax credits that would incentivize the development of brick-and-mortar studios locally that could generate significant funds. There were no sparks during their initial encounter, in which they initially found themselves working on opposite sides of a lawsuit. This advertisement is published with the approval and authority of the candidate. Like it or not, its almost finished. Well, to stay on this topic for just a minute, because its so big, not just from TMT, but here on Oahu alone, you mentioned Sherwoods. Stopping it actually makes a situation worse again. What have they done wrong? It would also create a diverse field of new local jobs that pay competitively in industries to help keep our young people in Hawaii and create more remote working opportunities so workers can spend more time with their families rather than on the road. But theres three other areas that I think should be, or know should be, reviewed as part of police reform, if you will. And put all hands on deck. Hawaiis cost of living is hurting our families and communities. This link will redirect you to a site that may have certain associated risks, including not being insured by federal deposit insurance. While they taught me how to be generous, compassionate and loving, they also showed me the value of hard work and that I could do things on my own.. This is an economic situation changing by the week, changing by the month, its unprecedented. Too many of our candidates, too many of our politicians have been entrenched. Our neighborhoods were being altered, the character of them and the nature of them, and a lot of my friends who lived in areas from Kaimuki to Pearl City to Kailua complained about the proliferation of tourists living right next door to them in residential neighborhoods. We need to do more proactive engagement with the community. 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