Leadership that keeps Kauaʻi home.

The platform

Three priorities. In this order.

A County Council seat is not a social-media account. It is a line on a vote and a position in a room. Here is what I will vote for, push for, and build coalitions around — in plain language, with the mechanisms that actually move the needle.

1. 01

   Affordable housing. The defining crisis of our generation.

   The lack of affordable housing is by far the biggest and most urgent issue on Kauaʻi. The ability to rent or purchase a first home has become out of reach for too many of our residents. Families from here are leaving for the mainland. Communities are losing their character. The Kauaʻi I grew up in is changing at an accelerating rate — and we need to act with urgency. My primary mission is to keep local families here, and to make it possible for those who’ve already left to come home.

   What I’ll push for on day one.

   • Push the Mayor to declare a Housing Emergency Proclamation. Use it to prioritize the actions below with the urgency the crisis demands.
   • Tiny homes and pre-approved package homes on agricultural land. Adopt Hawaiʻi Island’s policy allowing tiny homes that don’t require a solid foundation. Advocate for alternative waste solutions like composting toilets and water-catchment systems on ag land. Rubber-stamp permitting for pre-approved package-home designs from local companies like Honsador and HPM, and expedite the process.
   • Fast-track permitting for PAL and Kauaʻi Habitat for Humanity. Streamline the building permit process for trusted local housing nonprofits so projects move from paper to foundation faster.
   • ʻĀina Kupuna-style property tax relief. Mirror Maui’s ʻĀina Kupuna program: property tax exemptions for owner-occupied, non-commercial land that has been in a family since statehood — protecting generational kuleana from being priced out.
   • Workforce housing in core communities. Develop additional workforce housing in Kauaʻi’s central population areas to support the people who keep our island running.
2. 02

   Infrastructure.

   The Kekaha landfill is nearing capacity. Our water system — on one of the most water-rich places on Earth — struggles to keep up with the housing we need. Too often, county and state simply scapegoat each other. Infrastructure is unglamorous. It is also the thing that either lets families live here or doesn’t.

   • Solve the Kekaha landfill crisis. The westside has shouldered the burden of the island’s waste for too long — that is not fair, and it cannot continue indefinitely. I’ll pursue three parallel solutions: an on-island construction & demolition reclamation center (the single largest category of landfill waste), curbside recycling countywide, and active investment in emerging waste-reduction technologies that can serve generations to come.
   • Modernize our water infrastructure. It is a profound irony that one of the most water-rich places on Earth struggles to provide adequate water access for affordable housing. I’ll support the Kauaʻi Water Department in aggressively pursuing State and Federal grant funding to repair and modernize aging systems.
   • End the jurisdictional buck-passing between county and state. Roadways, airports, harbors, parks — too many issues get scapegoated as “not our jurisdiction.” I’ll push for genuine synergy and accountability so our civil workforce can take pride in their work, and our infrastructure can be the pride of Hawaiʻi.
3. 03

   Quality of life, for everyone who calls Kauaʻi home.

   Tourism that serves the island. Houselessness met with structure and dignity. Local care for our youth. Beach parks that match the beaches. Food we can grow and afford. Wild places that stay wild.

   • Tourism that benefits the community. More visitors does not automatically mean a better Kauaʻi. I support a carrying-capacity study to determine sustainable visitor levels, exploring limits on rental-car availability to ease road congestion, expanding managed-destination models like the successful Hāʻena/Keʻe approach, and advocating for more hotel shuttles to beaches and high-traffic areas.
   • Houselessness met with structure and dignity. Support a Puʻuhonua o Waiʻanae-style community — nonprofit-led, community-governed, with a clear pathway to permanent, affordable housing. For unhoused individuals not from Kauaʻi, offer a one-way return ticket home as a compassionate and practical option.
   • An adolescent drug treatment center on island. Kauaʻi urgently needs a dedicated adolescent drug treatment center. Our youth deserve local, accessible care — not a plane ride away from their families.
   • Beach parks worthy of the beaches. Create dedicated two-person beautification teams for each side of the island, ensuring our park facilities are consistently clean, safe, and the finest in the country.
   • Food security through local agriculture. Establish food hubs with retail locations on each side of the island, modeled on ʻĀina Hoʻokupu O Kīlauea: locally grown produce, meat, island-caught fish, and value-added products at a price point that beats mainland grocery chains — lower overhead, more revenue to farmers and fishers.
   • Open space and beach access. Keep wild Kauaʻi wild and accessible. Strong supporter of the Hawaiʻi Land Trust’s conservation easements and community preserves; strict enforcement of shoreline setback laws and accountability for those in violation.

Affordable housing is the priority for the next two years. The rest is the work of improving quality of life on Kauaʻi for everyone who calls it home. I humbly ask for one of your seven votes.