The ACLU of Hawai‘i and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty issued a joint open letter to mayors attending the the 2019 U.S. Conference of Mayors in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

The ACLU of Hawai‘i reached out to the office of the Mayor this weekend, urging the City to reconsider and cancel its planned “sweep” of Waikiki’s houseless community this Christmas Eve.

Federal Judge Helen Gillmor has ordered that the City and County of Honolulu (“City”) must stop "immediately dispos[ing] of any property" under the Sidewalk Nuisance and Stored Property Ordinances (“Ordinances”). The only exceptions are for hazardous and perishable item

In response to a complaint from the ACLU of Hawai‘i and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, the City and County of Honolulu (“City”) has reversed course on discriminatory rules at the proposed Sand Island homeless facility.

Extensive “friend of the court” brief in support of the right to court-appointed counsel was filed by Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation.