I'd like free beach front property and pay no taxes, too.

Can you imagine the amount of human waste on that beach now thanks to these people

When this happened on our beach in Santa Barbara, I wrote a sarcastic letter to all our city counsel membert and mayor saying how I thought the tarps and tents added a nice European flair to our beach, and that since camping on the beach is now ok, I was having an architect draw up plans for a house on stilts that I was planning on putting up down there with a nice view of the harbor and wharf. Those people were rounded up and driven off the beach within A WEEK!

Same kind of crap going on here in California. These beautiful places are for the entire community to enjoy. Not for just a few entitled homeless people to make a mess of the entire place and make it uncomfortable for us to use. Enough of this BS.

How about they actually enforce the laws. The beach is closed from 10pm to 5am. Why do we turn a blind eye. They shouldn't be there in the first place.

Beachfront property for the homeless on a gorgeous beach.

As a west Oahu resident, I have witnessed sweeps and then the next day the people are back. A week sweep is nothing. Doing these sweeps won't solve anything. They will likely move down to Maili Beach which is another beautiful stretch that is slowly being over run by the homeless.

On a public beach, anything you can't pick up and move within a couple of minutes should be considered litter. Litter should be dealt with accordingly.

It’s like musical chairs. Take a spot away and everyone moves to the next one. Until there is a long term place for homeless to stay they will just keep shifting from beach to beach or park to park.

Restore the people not the place….give us hope again

ARE U KIDDING, THEY WILL BE A MILE DOWN THE BEACH, FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW, THEY WILL NEVER LEAVE, AND A WEEK LATER THEY WILL BE BACK!!!!

My family used to camp at Nanakuli Beach Park, it was great. Can imagine what the bathroom looks like now, wasn't the greatest when we camped, typical county beach park bathroom.

So you move in to their island, take over everything, including their own land and evict them from their own houses and expect them to live where??

Most are on drugs and dont want the help,,, Hawaii is a dump these days,,, 😮😮😮

Private beaches is a wierd concept. If we're not careful, many millions of Americans will go homeless just because we can. We don't have to pay rent. We don't have to buy houses. We actually own the public property already. And we do have individual rights. This whole housing scam needs to change. Everyone needs to be involved in this...

How about turning off the water fountains? They can't drink salt water

I haven't been to Hawaii in 20 years. It was a homeless shithole back then, I can't imagine how bad it's gotten.

Locals can't even afford to live in Hawaii.

Make laws like, No Overnight Camping, No Camping, No Drugs, No Alcohol, No Trash, No, No, No...etc. And then, enforce those laws... No 'book & release' ... Rather, 'book & mandatory jail time of 90 days' for starters...

6 years ago, during the height of Van life on KZfaq. I bought Round-trip plane tickets to Hawaii for 2 weeks. Rented, a Van went by the camping store. Bought a stove and cooler. And camped all around Hawaii for those 2 weeks. Best type of my life.

Pretty ballsy setting up solar

Not sure what this solves except them moving and coming right back

How they’re allowed to stay there that long just not acceptable. We got homeless everywhere and they just keep returning. Along prime beach front property in Waimānalo too for years and years now. Beach areas are one of the last places for people to relax. Our tax money maintains the beaches for our enjoyment not for homeless. Ridiculous

You voted for it ( Big Blue ) 😂

Too good for us homeless. Aloha is for the middle class and above, of course.

Hawaii has gone insane. I lived there for a year back in 2012-13 and this same beach had homeless encampments back then

We have a similar situation in California. Some homeless are locals who can't afford to live in their hometown but most are from out of State. They come looking for sand,waves and sun. Often without any real plan and after a while run out of money and start camping. Only it's not camping it's homesteading. Sprawling areas of tarps,tents,couches, BBQs, electronics,piles of trash and stolen bicycles. Right on public parks,beaches and river areas. There's free legal camping but they like where they're at. We don't owe these people anything! First you have to have a legal camping place for the homeless to go. Second is to separate those who want to get their life together and those who don't want to follow rules. Third is make it clear that illegal camping is not tolerated. Give anyone who wants a free one way ticket to the mainland but they can't come back. Well maybe after ten years. Have a nicer campground on a remote beach for anyone of Hawaiian heritage. With a Free shuttle bus to town.

Without constant sweeps they'll just come back, Venice Beach in California was taken over with tents and was cleaned up only for the homeless coming back, the city was ready for that and they do sweeps at least once a week, they finally got control of the problem but if they stop it will revert right back to how it was

Some of these campers may be renting out their houses to tourists. When I lived on Oahu that was a common practice.

They'll be back!

Great news! When will Hawaii wake up and stop being a heaven for these mostly lawless people.

For those who think that racial Hawaiians are poor folks who have to move out of Hawaii, here's some NEWS for you: The largest private landowner in Hawaii is the Kamehameha Schools. According to pages 15-17 of their own Annual Report for 2022, they have 363,852 acres of Hawaii land, assets worth 15.1 BILLION dollars, and they gave 26.9 MILLION dollars of scholarships to their students (racial Hawaiians ONLY). And only Hawaiians can lease 1 acre for $1 per year.

Most of them aren’t homeless!! Their Houseless !! If they are Hawaiian!!! Then that’s Home!! Fck the BS!! That’s what it is.

They are supposed to hide from normal people out of embarrassment. In hawaii go to the middle of the Island by the volcanoes. On the mainland go out in the woods or out the desert , like death valley or Palmdale.

Can you ever remember this beach without homeless on it? I can't. It's been like that for 20 years.

Felt like a comedy sketch, Naomi's going to move down the road & come back 😂

The signs of results are everywhere.

so where are they relocating to?

Once they clean it up, what are they going to do to keep it clean???? If nothing, what's the sense???? Someone is making money on this clean up. As a tax payer, I want to know who it is, and how they got the contract. Here's an idea. Why not pay the homeless to clean it up. Have the city and state trucks take the trash to the landfill. They are getting paid with tax money anyway. Have them do some real work for a change.

Vote democrats 😂

At least they have solar not even regular homeowners have it

Thank you for caring about our aina!

Only for clean up, for the community service guys, but just like "Aku Birds", they'll be back!

Lawlessness. The government is not doing its main job.

:38 they even got solar panels?😂

THEY HAWAIIAN LEAVE'UM ALONE.

Summer is approaching and the island will be filled with tourists. Not a good tourism attractions

Its nice the city wuts 2clean up the beaches but at the end of the day they will b back as soon as the city reopens the lady on the beach said so herself so all the city is doing is cleaning up so they can come back 2a clean beach

Relocate where?

The more urgent reason that this is not a safe camping spot as when the rogue waves come through it takes out hundreds of people camping on the beach with a rogue wave or a tsunami which we just had happened in San Diego and we did lose hundreds of people in LA lost thousands for the same reason

Honolulu is Meth City. You might as well go vacation in Portland Oregon

Where’s the Hawaiian Representatives?

Where are the people going to go ?

You gotta give them somewhere to go. But I do agree the beach front is NOT the place for homeless camps. That is a DISASTER waiting to happen.

This proves homelessness can exist even on the most beautiful place on earth

The councilmember needs to learn how to speak without disdain for people. She's trying to say "it's not my fault!" but that attitude of disrespect and contempt. doesn't go over well there.

Homeless no mater where just shows lack of services for any homeless population especially kanaka homeless where Oahu all the islands are concerned. Can not be allowing homeless from mainland to overpopulate an already overpopulated homeless situation on Hawai'i, Oahu, all the islands. And so any resources are being stressed and locals are having to compete with damn outsiders. There need to be laws in order which regulate vacant and other buildings being turned in to shelters for the homeless and the appropriate programs that provide opportunities for turning lives around. Especially if homeless are habitual offenders, chronically homeless, drug addicts, alcohol offenses. Involuntary programs. Owners of structures would be compensated. Just a thought. And it would be a start. Ultimately mainland homeless need to stay on the mainland. Cities and states need to keep their homeless population in their own states and figure out a solution. California was shipping their homeless to Maui a few years back. Probably a pretty regular occurrance all throughout the mainland, especially where winter is concerned.

The "homeless" whose homes were burned? It's tragic how quick ppl forget

Pilau

This will all change when the crack down on short term rentals happens.

The world has to much drama !!!!!

Same in Santa Monica ca. basically playing wack a mole year ‘round. They keep popping up like crab grass.

We need to approach homelessness differently. If they refuse help , issue tickets even if arrested receive a ticket , third ticket . Even if born here is a one-way ticket to the mainland . Might encourage locals to get their lives together. If the mainland can send their problems here we can do the same .

I always dreamed to be a Beach bum. Must be nice this time of year

Get so many areas that I like fish at but no can because get tents. Places where I used to fish before and now get rubbish all over there .

Yeah it’s crazy , cannot even fish

WTF is wrong with the Hawaiian government! Get them housed, already! What, Oprah and Duane Johnson can't help them? 🤬

Walkin around in this sand geez are you guys (fishermen, officials) not fearful of stepping on needles?

Sad only rich people can live in nice areas

Change the laws…Get into a shelter, drug and alcohol treatment or go to jail.

Ok I’ll say it,… how many of them have had their home burned? Any natives born there on the beach? Guys wtf?

About time

Send em westside

Has any one of you entitled, complaining people ever thought of helping those homeless people to find permanent housing? However beautiful the beach may be, it is most likely a last resort for those camping there. Another story of the "haves" and the "have nots" 😢 Homeless people all over this country, many of whom are veterans and/or seniors, really could use some respect and assistance...instead of being herded to the burbs with nothing just to continue struggling there

And they go and come back for years its been this way , its not going to solve any problem .

She is such a lier she went down there promised them housing 2 years ago and never went back to hel9 them

Majority of people posting do not live on island. For everyone that does lets house our brothers and sisters.

Good.

They are camping at kahala beach now.

Sweeps are unhelpful & a total waste of taxpayer money… you’d think they’d have learned that from the numerous decades they’ve been doing sweeps to no avail. The only way to alleviate the homeless issue is to find a way to alleviate the housing crisis, particularly for Hawaiians who are facing the choice of moving from our homelands or staying and living in tents.

Time for a beautiful Hawaii.

High pitch well kept spoken for people again if affluent?

150?

They can’t set up camp anywhere they want to..this just leads to all kinds of problems.

RelocAte where?

Where are they going to go? They just will come back To everyone else that is piss off about it. That’s your choice in having bills and having a house and a car.

Good morning God is

Merry go round and round.

Let them have it but bring rules and inspections.

The few ruined it to the many. Time for them to go.

Politicians know best 🤣

Get people to relocate?To where do these homeless get relocated?They need to find out who are new homeless arrivals and immediately send them back.Then local families need to be cared for followed by those suffering mental illness.

So your going to clean up like housekeeping. Sweep waikiki and the entire island.

Dont sweep untill u have relocated them. Loosing all your belongings is an economic disaster.

This thread is discouraging. Certainly, there's a lot on this thread who display a lack of empathy towards individuals who are experiencing homelessness. 1st off, individuals who are homeless aren't entitled. Secondly, those of you who feel they are----are being close-minded. 85% of us are 1 paycheck away from being homeless....while I hope none of you experience it, if you do, you too then would wish the non-homeless community was more caring towards your disposition & circumstances. Humans are the only race who charge each other rent & money to live & just exist of all the species on earth. Yet, we're the civilized ones? Let them live in peace, stop judging, stop with the Nosy Nellies, Ruberneck Rons....either help them or keep it moving. Don't be a barrier to their existence....they're just trying to survive as best as they can....like the rest of us but with likely much less than us.

A waste of time money and efforts just do something about rent control and gives these people a safe place governments will put money everywhere else except the right place

Oh-ah-who? And she lives there.

Camp in designated camp grounds only! Camping anyplace else is tresspassing!

Terribleness in America order a h.l.,camp campaign ?😢

Blame our government not them.