Palapala Moho ʻĀina: POLICY
The Palapala Moho ʻĀina is a collection of policy ideas that Moho ʻĀina candidates will explore and pursue in upcoming legislative sessions. This is a proactive approach to collaborating ahead of elections, and supports our communities to visualize how much better Hawaiʻi could be with pono people in positions of authority and leadership. The Palapala Moho ʻĀina also serves as a seed for a specific path to take once enough pono people ACTUALLY HOLD positions of authority and leadership.
REAL Democracy
Aha moku framework- people in specific communities with a leadership voice in conversations, have an understanding of importance of each community role within each district, who legislators work closely with as they make important decisions
MEANINGFUL Hawaiian input, not BS about slapping a Hawaiian name onto a building or a piece of technology
Development of a sovereign wealth fund
Fully publicly funded campaigns
Education
Investing in our keiki's education: daycare - college
Investing in programs that our students are interested in and would give them opportunities for the future career paths they take. (debate, robotics, agriculture clubs, etc.)
Invest in high pay for teachers to keep talented locals at home
Free school meals for all students, pre-k through university.
Free community college for in-state (residents of HI) students - covering tuition and mandatory fees, requiring full-time enrollment, a 2.5/3 GPA
Expand available curricula to include Hawaiian-based learning (language, culture, etc)
Housing
Housing as a human right
Incremental decommodification of housing
Building housing in a way that mālamas both people and ʻĀina.
No more locals moving away
Finish Voluntary Deed Restriction program throughout Maui County
Building housing in a way that allows both people and ʻĀina to thrive
Be ready to support folks afforded by section 8 cuts.
A stop to sweeps, and a different route to address homelessness
Adequate funding for mental health support and programs
Kauhale, prioritizing Kūpuna
Aloha ʻĀina
Preservation of Mauna Kea and other conservation districts (CDUP)
Aʻole TMT
Protect wai & ʻĀina – enforcement for illegal water use & land abuse, community-led stewardship of land & watersheds, depoliticize CWRM, support reforestation efforts
Mālama i ka wai, Hoʻopalekana ʻāina, ʻĀINA BACK
Acknowledge the effectiveness of Hawaiian understandings, values, and solutions.
Increase Agriculture
Fund and support ahupuaʻa style community gardens
Effectively fund hawaiian agriculture and ʻāina restoration
Finish data collection to justify the $10M invested into ag microgrants and invest more
Incentivize regenerative tourism- I.E tourism that contributes to our ʻĀina and food production
Support education for aloha ʻĀina and agricultural production in all schools.
Keiki + Kupuna Care
Fund early childcare
Have daycare and pre-K with universal access for children aged 1–5, high-quality, play-based education, and income-based capped fees
Support & compensate family caregivers
Fund universal Kūpuna care to take the burden off of local families and ensure Kūpuna receive the care they need
"Adopt a kūpuna" like "adopt a highway" program.
General
Decreasing DHHL blood quantum for successors
Demilitarization
Decolonial international solidarity with the global working class
A bill that fast tracks ability to change place names back to the places original placename.
Reduce violence in a community by building community through food
Vision Zero type plans for reduction of traffic fatalities
Healthcare
Expanding health care access to improve chronic health outcomes
Adequate funding for mental health support and programs
Prioritizing rural health and expanding capacity for urban health
Fund the restoration of models of community health
Cost of Living
Child tax credit
No taxes on groceries and medical care
Fair taxes for the wealthy
Facilitating robust state capacity, high paying and high skilled government jobs that work efficiently
Incentivizing regenerative tourism.
What Do you Think?