Lahaina Family Support

10/04/2023

Hundreds of Lahaina residents face expulsion from temporary housing in hotels and describe great distress from accelerating social and economic impacts of the fires.

09/16/2023

ACTION: SIGN THIS PETITION!!!

http://bit.ly/lahainapetition

We are petitioning Governor Josh Green and Mayor Richard Bissen about not being given a voice in the decision to reopen on October 8th.

Please sign the petition, share the link with all your friends & family so they can sign, show posts about the petition love so it is more widely seen!

Let’s make a huge statement with this petition since our governor wants to say he held a meeting with 200 of us & we voted to open up… LIES!

We, the undersigned, demand that the reopening of West Maui to tourism on October 8th be delayed. The decision to reopen must not proceed without proper consultation with the working-class families of Lāhainā, who have been displaced by the fires. It is alarming that a private meeting at the Ritz-...

09/14/2023

School update link: https://www.lahainalunahs.org/apps/news/article/1810563?fbclid=IwAR3LlztyFFA_kyW4vLHwsKHVvzUtKE4gmYti2rpxXSZ_gt-QmgoNYB6TTDo_aem_AbTFuq00o8lAvy-rKxDdht-L1XAiVA1cGIGoR-43tMop4pP6TKm1vIss_ZD79zmIqlU&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

09/14/2023

The Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee met to discuss the “Economic Revitalization After Maui Wildfires” (Agenda Item BFED—21(8)):

“The Committee discussed matters relating to economic revitalization in the aftermath of the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”

West Maui is opening up to tourism on 10/8; but many locals express their concerns as it is still too early.

Here’s the full context:

09/14/2023

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Ambulance and fire truck sirens wailed outside as Elsie Rosales stripped linens from king-sized mattresses at a beachfront resort in Lahaina. She tried to focus on the work, but was beset by dread: Had a wildfire taken the home she scrimped to buy on a housekeeper’s wages? It h...