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30th Legislature, 2019
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The 30th Legislature will convene on January 16, 2019.

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House District 34
Hawaii State Capitol
Room 323
phone: 808-586-6340
fax: 808-586-6341
reptakayama@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Member of the following committees:

Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Intrastate Commerce

Judiciary

34 - Pearl City, Waimalu, Pacific Palisades

NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS
Pearl City Neighborhood Board

SCHOOLS
Highlands Intermediate School
Momilani Elementary School
Palisades Elementary School
Pearl City High School
Pearl City Highlands Elementary School
Waiau Elementary School
Waimalu Elementary School

Aiea-Pearl City Transit-Oriented Development Plan
Pearl City Foundation
Rep Takayama's Official Facebook page

Rep Takayama Community Update Mid Session 2014
Rep Takayama Community Update Jan 2014
Dan Boylan interview in Midweek
MyPearlCity
Pearl City Community Association

Measures Introduced

No Measures Introduced

State Representative Gregg Takayama is proud to serve District 34, consisting of the Pearl City, Waimalu, and Pacific Palisades communities, where he has lived for several decades with his wife Linda Takayama and raised their three daughters.

Rep. Takayama is a product of the public school system and a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a degree in journalism. He is a former award-winning journalist who worked at KHON-TV as a news reporter for eight years.
Rep. Takayama also served on the staffs of U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye and then-Lt. Governor Ben Cayetano. He was spokesman for UH Manoa for six years until he was elected to the State House in 2012.
He currently serves as Chair of the House Public Safety Committee, which oversees Hawaii's correctional system and State emergency services. His priority has been to improve public safety by modernizing correctional facilities and policies to better rehabilitate inmates.
He also serves as Co-Chair of the Legislature's Kupuna Caucus, which advances legislation important to senior citizens.

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February 12, 2018

Rep. Takayama: Takeaway Lessons from the False Missile Alert

January 19, 2018

Hearing on False Missile Alert - Hawaii News Now Jan 19, 2018

January 3, 2018

Kupuna Caregivers Program A Shining Example - Civil Beat

Credit Hawaii leaders for creating social infrastructure for our future. This first-in-the-nation program has captured the attention of national experts and media, with the New York Times, MSNBC and the Washington Examiner running lengthy pieces on the new initiative. The national praise for the program tends to focus on the innovative approach to supporting family caregivers and kupuna, but it is also worth celebrating the strategic coordination from Hawaii’s legislative leaders as a case study in making progressive change.
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December 19, 2017

One of the smartest ideas for balancing work and life just went into effect in Hawaii

Hawaii, the US state with the longest life expectancy, is the first in the US to implement this type of direct subsidy for long-term care. Germany, Austria, Japan, and a handful of other industrialized nations have developed universal insurance programs for their elderly’s long-term care.
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December 5, 2017

Hawaii prepares to deliver New Year's present to caregivers - Washington Examiner

After 21 years of trying to pass long-term care legislation, Hawaii this summer became the first state to pass a bill that gives funding to caregivers who assist family members who have become disabled as they age or have cognitive challenges as their brains succumb to dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
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November 8, 2017

‘Preferred’ Jail Site Currently Houses Animal Quarantine Station - Civil Beat

“The reason that I think it’s important to build a drug rehabilitation facility as part of OCCC is that, in the long term, it will help reduce recidivism rate of our drug offenders,” [Representative] Takayama said. “Right now, they’re not able to access drug treatment programs because of limitations in program space, and this will enable us to move forward in a constructive way.”
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February 2, 2017

Aid to Independent-Living Seniors Focus of 2017 Kupuna Caucus Bills MauiWatch Feb 2. 2017

“These measures are aimed at helping seniors with some disabilities live out their lives at home, with help from State-sponsored services and family caregivers. The vast majority of elderly prefer to age in place instead of entering a nursing home,” said Rep. Gregg Takayama, House co-convenor of the Kupuna Caucus (Pearl City, Waimalu, Pacific Palisades).
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February 24, 2017

Task force and legislators rethink new jail

A 13-member task force led by Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice Michael Wilson is recommending that the state hold off on its plans for building a new jail on Oahu until the group can issue a final report at the end of the year that provides a road map for reforming the state’s correctional system. View full article

2017 Youth Capitol Commentary

July 19, 2016

Star Advertiser 2016 Interview

I’ve served my community by getting on my knees to plant grass for a new playground while also fighting for more than $30 million for improvements to Pearl City schools in the past four years. Our district needs someone willing to invest “sweat equity” and be an effective advocate.
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October 17, 2014

Hawai'i Herald : Gregg Takayama

It was a smooth transition from covering politics to becoming a politician for freshman State Representative Gregg Takayama. “Listening and communicating to people is what journalism is all about, and it’s essential for elected officials,” said Representative Takayama, a former award-winning news reporter at KHON-TV and former aide to the late U.S. Senator Dan Inouye.
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March 31, 2014

Takayama: From Observer to Participant

MIDWEEK- Gregg Takayama seems both too old and too traveled to be a freshman legislator. Yet there he was last week, sitting in the State House on opening day, beginning his second session as the representative from Oahu's 34th District (Pearl City, Waimalu, Pacific Palisades).

He is, in fact, 61 years old, and he has indeed been around.

I first met Takayama when he was a young reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, I a newly minted assistant professor at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.

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April 16, 2013

A New Hat for Gregg Takayama

For virtually every day of his life since graduating from college in 1974, Takayama either covered government as a reporter, or worked as a spokesperson for some of the state's most visible government leaders. Last fall, he decided to pursue a different view of government - from the inside - working on behalf of his neighbors in the newly created state House District 34 (Pearl City, Waimalu and Pacific Palisades) and articulating his own concerns. View full article

March 20, 2013

Ground is Broken for New Aiea Public Library

Hawaii News Now - A groundbreaking ceremony for the new, replacement Aiea Public Library was conducted on the site of the former Aiea Sugar Mill on Saturday, March 16. Governer Neil Abercrombie and other invited dignitaries attended and participated in the ceremony.View full article

March 1, 2013

Bill: Quit Feeding Pigeons, They're Crapping My Style

(Hawaii Civil Beat) You may no longer be able to feed that flock of feral fowl without fear of a fine in Hawaii. Lawmakers are getting serious about cracking down on pigeon poop.

House Bill 619, introduced by Rep. Gregg Takayama, would make it illegal to feed feral birds on your own property to the extent that they cause a nuisance on another property.

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February 14, 2013

Older Isle Residents Unprepared for Cost of Long-Term Care

(AARP Hawaii) A new survey exploring the views of older Hawaii residents on long-term care shows that nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of people 50+ are not confident they can afford to pay for one year in a nursing home. Fifty percent of respondents say they are not confident they can afford the cost of care for one year in their home. The survey of 800 residents statewide-more than half of whom reported annual household income of less than $75,000-is the latest evidence that many residents are unsure how they'll pay for their care needs as they get older.
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February 11, 2013

Gregg Takayama: Bird Feeding Bill

(Hawaii News Now) - Representative Gregg Takayama introduced a bill that would allow people to sue each other for injury or property damage from the birds... more specifically the poop. He joined Steve on Sunrise to discuss it in more detail.
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February 11, 2013

Lawmakers amending bill to ban pigeon feeding

A bill to make it illegal to feed feral pigeons is heading through the Hawaii Legislature, although not everyone agrees on the dirty details.

Neighbors living near people who feed pigeons say they are being held hostage by the birds and their droppings. Now a group from Pearl City has teamed up and is trying to help write the law.
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February 11, 2013

Pigeon problem pits neighbor against neighbor in Pearl City

Pigeon poop and feral feathers flying! It's a mess that's pitting neighbor against neighbor in Pearl City.

Residents say two nearby homeowners won't stop feeding, what's become, a daily flock of pigeons. It's a chronic, decade-long problem that they've tried to solve on their own - to no avail. The neighbors in question say: all these complaints - are for the birds.
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February 11, 2013

Hawaiian panel OKs public LTC plan bill

Lawmakers in Hawaii are moving ahead with a public long-term care insurance (LTCI) program study measure.

Members of the Hawaii House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee voted 10-0 Wednesday to approve an amended version of House Bill 1.

If passed as written, H.B. 1 would require the director of the state's executive officer of aging to hire actuaries to analyze the idea of setting up a "limited, mandatory, public" LTCI program for Hawaii's workers, according to the state legislative tracking system.
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Hawaii State Legislature

Rep. Takayama: Takeaway Lessons from the False Missile Alert

Hearing on False Missile Alert - Hawaii News Now Jan 19, 2018

Kupuna Caregivers Program A Shining Example - Civil Beat

One of the smartest ideas for balancing work and life just went into effect in Hawaii

Hawaii prepares to deliver New Year's present to caregivers - Washington Examiner

‘Preferred’ Jail Site Currently Houses Animal Quarantine Station - Civil Beat

Aid to Independent-Living Seniors Focus of 2017 Kupuna Caucus Bills MauiWatch Feb 2. 2017

Task force and legislators rethink new jail

2017 Youth Capitol Commentary

Star Advertiser 2016 Interview

Hawai'i Herald : Gregg Takayama

Takayama: From Observer to Participant

A New Hat for Gregg Takayama

Ground is Broken for New Aiea Public Library

Bill: Quit Feeding Pigeons, They're Crapping My Style

Older Isle Residents Unprepared for Cost of Long-Term Care

Gregg Takayama: Bird Feeding Bill

Lawmakers amending bill to ban pigeon feeding

Pigeon problem pits neighbor against neighbor in Pearl City

Hawaiian panel OKs public LTC plan bill