2022 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT BALLOT QUESTIONS
Questions to amend the Charter of the City and County of Honolulu to appear on the
November 8, 2022 General Election ballot.
Charter Question #1 (Resolution 21-192): Did Not Pass
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to increase the mandatory percentage of the City’s estimated real property tax revenues to be appropriated annually for deposit into the Affordable Housing Fund from one-half of one percent to one percent”
Charter Question #2 (Resolution 21-156 CD1): Passed
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to require that the Planning Commission have at least one member with substantial experience or expertise in one of the following categories of disciplines, that each of the categories be represented by a different member, and that all of the categories be represented on the commission?
a. Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices, native Hawaiian law,
or traditional Hawaiian land usage;
b. Land use planning, policies, and principles;
c. Land development and construction; and
d. Climate change and sea level rise causes, effects, and solutions; or environmental protection and preservation”
Charter Question #3 (Resolution 22-79): Passed
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to expand the permitted uses of funds in the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund to include funding for costs related to the operation, maintenance, and management of lands acquired by way of this Fund that are necessary to protect, maintain, or restore resources at risk on these lands. Such as infrastructure, environmental remediation or improvements to provide for public access and use?”
Charter Question #4 (Resolution 22-99 FD1): Passed
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to update the provisions pertaining to the Office of Council Services (“OCS”), the research and drafting arm of the Council, to reflect its current functions; consolidate various provisions relating to the OCS in a separate Chapter of the Revised Charter like its fellow Legislative Branch agencies, the Office of the City Clerk and Office of the City Auditor; provide for the appointment, salary, and duties of the OCS director; and expressly recognize the authority of the licensed attorneys in the OCS to provide legal advice to the City Council and its members”