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Our urban district is more diverse than first meets the eye.
STATE SEN. SHARON MORIWAKI
Embracing Diversity, Teamwork To Solve Problems
Sand, surf and towers — it’s easy to assume it is only the home to Hawai‘i’s “econom- ic engine” — Waikīkī.
sector, and DevLeague, one of the world’s top coding schools. We are investing in our future, funding learning environment improvements — over $37 million this year for district public schools.
permanent state Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions.
Honolulu Police Department. Thanks to community action, we built a vital crosswalk at Kakaʻako’s Queen Street to cross to the constantly used neighborhood park. In the near future, we will also have a pedestrian bridge over the busy Ala Moana Boulevard so that families and visitors may have safer access to the beach.
Contact Sen. Sharon Mori- waki (District 12 — Waikīkī, Ala Moana, Kakaʻako, Mc- Cully and Moʻiliʻili) at 808- 586-6740 or email her at senmoriwaki@capitol. hawaii.gov.
But, Senate District 12 spans Kakaʻako, Sheridan, Ala Moana and McCully, as well as Waikīkī. We have future physicians studying at University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medi- cine, researchers at the UH Cancer Center and students at Hawai‘i Pacific Univer- sity. We are home to Kupu preparing youth to become leaders in the green jobs
Within our homes, we are caring for our kūpuna so they may age graciously in place, funding over $11 million for ongoing kūpuna programs.
Countering climate change, which directly im- pacts our coastal commu- nities, involves connecting university expertise, resi- dents and businesses to build a science-based, communi- ty-driven Sea Level Rise Ad- aptation and Resilience Plan.
We also recognize our problems, especially on building affordable housing for residents rather than off- shore investors. Motivated by residents’ help and input on our annual survey, we in- creased fines for noisy liquor
State Sen. Sharon Moriwaki (center) stands between state Rep. Adrian Tam (left) and state Rep. Scott Saiki at a park in their district, which includes Waikīkī and Kaka‘ako. PHOTO COURTESY THE OFFICE OF STATE SEN. SHARON MORIWAKI
establishments and closed use apartment district. We cabarets that were open until are also committed to ending 4 a.m. in Waikīkī’s mixed- homelessness by creating a
Helping our community means actively improving neighborhood safety. To- gether, we participate in Mc- Cully’s Business Security Watch, and Waikīkī and Ka- kaʻako Citizen Patrols, walk- ing neighborhoods with the
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