CALL TO ACTION Please Call
Senator Dela Cruz’s office
before Feb 27th
808-586-6090
Please schedule SB 1034
Aloha Save Surf Parking protectors 🌺
Help get SB1034 scheduled in the Ways and Means Committee hearing!
Mahalo to everyone who submitted testimony to protect the 300 free parking stalls at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, our access to surf at Bowls, Rockpiles and Kaisers. 233 people submitted written testimony in SUPPORT of our bill! This is already a huge success and would not have been possible without everyone’s effort.
Our bill SB 1034 has passed its first hearing in the Senate Committees on Water and Land and Hawaiian Affairs unanimously. All of the 10 Senators voted YES.
Now, our bill needs to get a hearing scheduled in the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (WAM) before March 2nd in order to not “die.” Senator Donovan Dela Cruz is the Chair of WAM and in charge of which bills will make it on the agenda.
Important Call to Action
Call Senator Dela Cruz’s office TODAY and leave a message with the clerk, or leave a voicemail and say:
“Aloha my name is ______. Please schedule SB 1034 for a hearing in the Ways and Means Committee. It is really important to me to preserve the free public parking at Ala Wai Boat Harbor. Mahalo.”
Phone: 808-586-6090
Email: sendelacruz@capitol.hawaii.gov
You can also write an email to Senator Dela Cruz to request a hearing for SB1034.
If you need a sample or inspiration, we have included the links to our emails from Surfrider Foundation O‘ahu Chapter and Surfparking.orgto Senator Dela Cruz that you can use to personalize your email, and make your own.
Surfrider Foundation Sample Email
Surfparking.org Sample Email
Bonus points: If Senator Dela Cruz is your Senator be sure to say that: “I live in (Mililani, name the town) and I am your constituent.”
Donavan Dela Cruz is the Senator for District 17, which covers a portion of Mililani, Mililani Mauka, a portion of Waipi‘o Acres, Launani Valley, Wahiawā, and Whitmore Village.
Mahalo,
Save Surf Parking Coalition
info@surfparking.org
“With more effective management of the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and its parking areas, we can preserve this public trust area, which was originally constructed as an open space for Hawai‘i Residents.”
- Captain Katie Thompson
Captain Katie Thompson has sailed out of the Ala Wai since 1986 and is standing up to protect the Ala Wai Harbor.
Please join Katie and the related Boating Groups, Surf Groups, and Outrigger Groups in safeguarding surfer and beach access to Bowl’s Surf Break and protecting all those who park in the Ala Wai Boat Harbor on a recreational basis.
