Bill 56 Moves Forward at Honolulu City Council

Bill 56 aims to reduce the Department of Planning and Permitting’s (DPP) permit backlog and it’s now moving ahead with unanimous support at the Honolulu City Council’s Zoning Committee meeting on March 1.

Honolulu City Councilmember Andria Tupola introduced Bill 56 as part of a legislation package to streamline DPP. This partic- ular measure targets permit requirements tied to obsolete valuations in order to account for inflation.

“Seventy-five percent of permits stuck in the backlog are residential permits. We need to do all we can to help local residents be able to do basic home repairs while preserving the health and safety of the permitting process,” said Tupola.

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ment”. Loan forgiveness punishes those students who did not go to college or paid off their loan by working hard.

Roberts said: Suppose there are two high school graduates, neither of whom could afford to go to college. One obtained a loan to attend college, the other took out a loan to start a lawn care business. At the end of 4 years the college educated person will do significantly better financially than the person who did not go to college. And then the government tells the college educated person that you do not have to pay your loan. But leaves the both my parents were public high school teachers for 20 years, and I didn’t realize then that I will be crossing similar career path as they did, but I am enjoying it and am truly grateful for this profession.”

As for my experience as a first year immigrant, I started teaching at De Anza College that considered my experience in the Philippines.

She said, “As for my experience as a first-year immigrant, I started teaching at De Anza College that considered my experience in the Philippines.

“I was an Assistant Professor 1V at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) then taught journalism and mass communication at the College of Languages and Mass Communications (CLMC) and a special lecturer in three other colleges and universities (Institute of Mass Communications, UP-Diliman; PR Department, Arellano University as department chair where I started the Bachelor of Science in Public Relations (BSPR) course; and the Graduate School of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.)

“I taught Reading, ESL and English Writing at De Anza College for 10 years until my retirement. For five years, I taught at Axia College, University of Phoenix, as a regular online faculty teaching communication and business writing.

“I also had a brief stint with the San Jose State University (SJSU) where I of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii said: “Bill 56 will help alleviate long permit processing lawn care person stuck with his debt.

ATTY. TIPON was a Fulbright and SmithMundt scholar to Yale Law School where he obtained a Master of Laws degree specializing in Constitutional Law. He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York, and the Philippines. He practices federal law, with emphasis on immigration law and appellate federal criminal defense. He was the Dean and a Professor of Law of the College of Law, Northwestern University, Philippines. He has written law books and legal articles for the world’s most prestigious legal publisher taught essay writing. I have a master’s degree in Mass Communications from the PUP Graduate School, in addition to my bachelor’s degree from the University of the Philippines (UP-Diliman).

“At present, I am still teaching (this is my 22nd year of teaching) at the high school department of San Jose Job Corps Center, one of 125 federally funded programs of the Department of Labor in the country for marginalized adult learners ranging from 16 to 24 years old.

“I passed the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), an entry credentialing requirement for new teachers; went through getting a US equivalency of my college degrees in the Philippines by an accredited educational institution; and getting a multiple-subject/adult education credential to be able to teach.”

For those who want to teach in the US, if you are not a graduate of any course here in the US, you don’t need to go to college and earn a degree. Just work for your US equivalency; take the CBEST for California applicants; and get your teaching credentials, whether a single-subject, multiple-subject or adult education credentials. Well, a trade credential for trade instructors. times by reducing the number of projects that must go through the City and County of Honolulu’s Department and w rites columns for newspapers. He wrote the best-seller “Winning by Knowing Your Election Laws.” Listen to The Tipon Report which he co-hosts with his son Attorney Emmanuel “Noel” Tipon. They talk about immigration law, criminal law, court-martial defense, and current events. of Planning and Permitting (DPP). Furthermore, it will allow minor modifications to existing permitted projects without triggering a requirement for another permit.”

ELPIDIO R. ESTIOKO was a veteran journalist in the Philippines and a multi-awarded journalist here in the US. For feedbacks, comments… please email the author at estiokoelpidio@gmail.com.

During the March 1 meeting, there were a few more changes to the measure and DPP is willing to incorporate the changes. The next hearing for Bill 56 will be on March 15 at the Honolulu City Council.

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President Joe Biden announced Feb. 28 his nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor. Currently, Su is serving as the deputy labor secretary while labor secretary Marty Walsh is planning to leave his post in March.

“It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country’s next Secretary of Labor. Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is left behind,”

Biden said in a press release.

“Over several decades, Julie has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down on wage theft, fought to protect trafficked workers, increased the minimum wage, created good-paying, high-quality jobs, and established and enforced workplace safety standards.”

Su was the former labor secretary of California where she worked closely with unions and employers.

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