Dear Friends,

Thank you for your interest in the Democratic Caucus website, where you can learn more about our work.

Throughout this session, many important issues involving native Hawaiians have been, and will continue to be, discussed. As your Representative, one of my legislative goals is to formulate solutions that will be satisfactory to as many people as possible.

I hope this website will be useful to you as an information resource. Please contact me with any concerns or questions you may have regarding the legislative process.

Sincerely,
Scott K. Saiki
State Representative
22nd District

TOPICS OF INTEREST

• Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Fund
  Representative Saiki recognizes the work of the Hawaiian Homes Commission is critical in providing homeownership to beneficiaries. He supports Senate Bill No. 3119, C.D. 1, which provides the Hawaiian Homes Commission with much-needed flexibility in managing the moneys in the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Fund.

• Office of Hawaiian Affairs
  Representative Saiki has worked on one of the most important issues concerning native Hawaiians today. House Bill No. 2204, H.D. 2, would have addressed the State's obligation to native Hawaiians by determining the pro rata portion of the public land trust to be transferred to, managed, and administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and establishing and appropriating interim revenues to be expended by OHA for the betterment of native Hawaiians. However, this measure failed to gain legislative approval.
  

• Hawaiian Gathering Practices
  Preserving the culture of native Hawaiians is also important to Representative Saiki. House Bill No. 2930, H.D. 2, would have established a pilot project that would designate areas, within public parks in Waianae, to maintain plants and trees for traditional and customary Hawaiian gathering practices. However, this measure failed to gain Senate approval.