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REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR
APPLICANTS FOR
CHIEF JUSTICE,
SUPREME COURT,
STATE OF HAWAI'I

In accordance with the Judicial Selection Commission Rule 5, Section 2: Confidentiality A. as further amended and effective March 16, 2022, the Judicial Selection Commission announces the applicants applying for the judicial office of Chief Justice in the Supreme Court, State of Hawai'i.

The list of applicants applying to fill the vacancy for the judicial office of Chief Justice in the Supreme Court, State of Hawai'i, is listed as follows in alphabetical order:

Lance D. Collins
Vladimir P. Devens
David M. Forman
Benjamin E. Lownethal
Sabrina S. McKenna

The Commission invites interested persons to submit written comments on the applicants applying for the judicial office of Chief Justice in the Supreme Court, State of Hawai'i.

Please visit the Commission's website below to view some of the qualities the Commission gives consideration to under Judicial Selection Commission Rule 10.

Please include your signature, printed name, phone number and email address in your comments. All written comments will be kept CONFIDENTIAL. Written comments must be postmarked or faxed no later than January 5, 2026 to:

Commission Chair Florence T. Nakakuni, Esq.
Judicial Selection Commission
State of Hawai'i
417 South King Street
Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813
FAX: (808) 538-5205
Website:
http://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/judicial_selection_commission

(SA1512144 12/7, 12/8, 12/9, 12/10, 12/11, 12/12, 12/14/25)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapi'olani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813, on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the application for liquor license set forth below and any protests to the granting of said application.

Persons who wish to testify for or against the granting of a license may either testify in person at the Liquor Commission meeting or submit a written protest to the Administrator of the Commission three (3) working days prior to the date and time of the hearing.

You are further notified that Section 281-59, Hawai?i Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "Upon the day of hearing, or any adjournment thereof, the Liquor Commission shall consider the application and any protests and objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest. Within ninety days after the hearing, or within one hundred twenty days thereafter if in its discretion the Commission extends the ninety days to one hundred twenty days, and gives public notice of same, the Commission shall give its decision granting or refusing the application; provided that if a majority of the:
(1) Registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or
(2) Owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked,

have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against the granting of the license, or if there appears any other disqualification under this chapter, the application shall be refused. Otherwise, the Commission may in its discretion grant or refuse the same."

You are further notified that Section 281-39.5, Hawai?i Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "The Liquor Commission or agency of each county may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on-site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the Liquor Commission of each county; provided that the Liquor Commission or agency of each county shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the:
(1) Registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or
(2) Owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked;

have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license."

Application No.: 23-01498
Applicant: Bay Hae Inc.
Trade name: Poke Bar Waikiki
Place of business: 2520 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hawai'i
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1)
- (Consumption on premises)

Category No. 1 is a Standard Bar.

Dated: December 2, 2025

LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
JEFFREY HONG, Chairperson

By SALVADOR D. PETILOS
Administrator
(SA1512963 12/11, 12/18/25)

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NOTICE

The COUNCIL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU at its meeting held on December 3, 2025 passed the following bills on Second Reading by the votes indicated:

Bill 55 (2025), CD1 – Relating to Multi-Family Rental Housing Program fees.
8 AYES: Cordero, Dos Santos-Tam, Kia'aina, Nishimoto, Okimoto, Tulba, Tupola, Waters.
1 ABSENT: Weyer.

Bill 63 (2025), CD1 – Relating to real property taxation.
8 AYES: Cordero, Dos Santos-Tam, Kia'aina, Nishimoto, Okimoto, Tulba, Tupola, Waters.
1 ABSENT: Weyer.

Bill 66 (2025), CD1 – Relating to exceptional trees.
8 AYES: Cordero, Dos Santos-Tam, Kia'aina, Nishimoto, Okimoto, Tulba, Tupola, Waters.
1 ABSENT: Weyer.

Bill 70 (2025), CD1 – Relating to parks and playgrounds.
8 AYES: Cordero, Dos Santos-Tam, Kia'aina, Nishimoto, Okimoto, Tulba, Tupola, Waters.
1 ABSENT: Weyer.

Bill 71 (2025), CD1 – Relating to shared streets.
8 AYES: Cordero, Dos Santos-Tam, Kia'aina, Nishimoto, Okimoto, Tulba, Tupola, Waters.
1 ABSENT: Weyer.

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Copies of the foregoing bills are available for use and examination by the public during regular business hours at the City Clerk's office, Room 203, Honolulu Hale and are also available on-line at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/. Should you have any questions, please call (808)768-5822.

GLEN TAKAHASHI, City Clerk
(SA1513303 12/11/25)

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