Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 37, Number 7, 1 July 2020 — AHUNA, Dan [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AHUNA, Dan

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1.1. Eeonomie RecovI ery. We at OHA need I to use a multi-pronged I approach focused on I advocacy and investI ment for adequate I health protections, I eeonomie opportunity, I and housing options. 2. Affordable housing.

OHA must work closely with the DHHL and other trusts to ensure that affordable housing options are provided for heneheiaries of the DHHL trust. 3. Access to land for farming food. The State and the Hawaiian trusts must immediately inventory all available agricultural lands and invest in clearing those lands to make them available for farming. 2. OHA must do better at prioritizing the needs of our community. That requires ongoing consultation and engagement. In my time at OHA, we have been most effective when working alongside eommunity stakeholders. We ean be even more effective at this by starting up eommunity advisory committees. OHA must also diversify our investment strategies. We are currently working closely with the administration to develop strong policies that will allow us to effectively manage our Hawai'i Direct Investment program. 3. The astronomy industry, the University of Hawai'i, and the State of Hawai'i have failed for over 50 years to adequately manage the pinnaele of sacred land of the Native Hawaiian people that also happens to be the most valuable land on the planet earth for the astronomy industry. Additionally, the State and the UH have effectively given that land away via $1 subleases, without ever clearly articulating the benefit to the people of Hawai'i, who have effectively subsidized a billion dollar industry. The gap cannot be closed until those issues are addressed.