Aloha Friend,
We wanted to share some exciting updates with you. Read on to find out some of the exciting things Team Green accomplished this week →
State of the State Address
On Monday, January 23, 2023, Governor Josh Green delivered his first message to a joint session of the Thirty-Second Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi.
In this State of the State address, he shares his vision for leading Hawaiʻi forward by taking action rooted in our shared values.
Here’s an excerpt from the speech:
“Our new administration will take on housing, environment, tourism, homelessness, poverty, and economic opportunity in our islands.
The people of Hawai‘i have elected us to lead, and given us a clear mandate to act on their behalf, following our common values.
It’s time for us to move Hawai‘i forward — and we will do it by taking bold action rooted in these shared values.”
— Governor Josh Green
In case you missed it, you can read the full State of the State address
here.
Governor Josh Green also took action on Hawaiʻi’s housing and homelessness crisis by signing an emergency proclamation to work with federal and county agencies on measures to achieve results.
“As long as we are in a housing crisis, we will treat it like an emergency,” said Gov. Green today, in his State of the State Address.
“This emergency proclamation streamlines the construction process for housing, removing unnecessary red tape, and enables our community partners to tackle homelessness and the housing shortage head-on.”
— Governor Josh Green
Governor Green accepted a grant of $15.8 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs, Carmen G. Cantor.
The federal funding will help defray the state’s costs for providing services to citizens of the Freely Associated States who live in Hawaiʻi.
“We welcome this generous assistance from the federal government in helping to care for our brothers and sisters from other Pacific islands. We are one ʻohana and as governor, I am committed to helping residents of Hawaiʻi receive the access to services they need. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw Pacific Islanders disproportionately hard-hit, having the worst rate of infections, despite making up only 4% of our population.”
— Governor Josh Green
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