THE KULEANA AGENDA
We don't need more studies. We need action.
Mālama I Nā Kūpuna
On Maui today, our "infrastructure" isn't just roads and sewers, it is the families who carry the weight of caregiving.
Right now, we have seniors on a waitlist just to get into fitness and day programs. That is not just a number. That is 112 families stressing every morning about where their mom or dad will go while they work. That is 112 of our elders sitting at home alone instead of being active in their community.
The County has no problem issuing bonds to pave a highway. Why do we hesitate to issue bonds to care for the people who built those highways?
He Hale No Ka ʻOhana
Housing is a human right.
We are not facing a "shortage" of structures; we are facing a crisis of use. Today, over 6,000 apartment units—built to house our working families—are operating as Minatoya List vacation rentals. While our people sleep in cars at Amala Place or leave for Las Vegas, our apartments are being used as hotels.
This ends now. We don't need another study. We need the courage to return our housing to our people.
Ke Ea O Ka ʻĀina
For decades, Maui has relied on a "Single-Engine Economy": Tourism.
We import 85% to 90% of our food, we export 80% of our profits, and when the planes stop coming (like during COVID or the fires), our entire economy collapses.
The recovery plan from the establishment is just to "turn the engine back on." That is not a plan; that is a trap. We don't need to just recover; we need to evolve.
We need an economy that looks like a healthy coral reef: diverse, interconnected, and resilient to storms.
Mālama I Nā Kūpuna
On Maui today, our "infrastructure" isn't just roads and sewers, it is the families who carry the weight of caregiving.
Right now, we have seniors on a waitlist just to get into fitness and day programs. That is not just a number. That is 112 families stressing every morning about where their mom or dad will go while they work. That is 112 of our elders sitting at home alone instead of being active in their community.
The County has no problem issuing bonds to pave a highway. Why do we hesitate to issue bonds to care for the people who built those highways?
