The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

What happened: meeting reports

9 on file

Each report is the council's own written summary for the video record, read by script: every item, the action taken and the roll-call vote. Residents who testified are counted, never named.

Oʻahu · Honolulu City Council

City Council and committee agendas

The nine-member council makes law for the whole island. 105 agendas are posted for 2026; each link opens the council's own document.

The nine council districts

District numbers, boundaries and member names from the city's Council_Districts GIS layer (last edited Jan. 28, 2025), read Sept. 19, 2026; each member's page is the council's own. The city publishes the same nine districts in a second service, City_Council_2023 (“Honolulu City Council Districts 2023,” last edited Jan. 7, 2025). Compared area by area on Sept. 19, 2026, the two agree to within 0.2% of each district; the Ledger uses the AdministrativePolitical layer, which the board-area registry is already built from. Two older services (CityCouncilDistrictBoundaries, 2022; CouncilDistrictwPhotoLink, 2021) are not used. The same member is printed three ways by three city sources: the GIS layer says “Val Aquino Okimoto,” the council's committees page “Val Okimoto,” the Sept. 24, 2026 committee agenda “Val A. Okimoto.” Each page prints the form its own source used. Chair and Vice Chair are as the Legislative Reference Bureau's directory of the City and County of Honolulu printed them (updated June 2026); Floor Leader is not in that directory and is not verified from a city source.

Committees

CommitteeChairVice ChairMembers
Budget (BUD)Val OkimotoScott NishimotoEsther Kiaʻāina, Augie Tulba, Tommy Waters
Zoning & Planning (ZON)Esther KiaʻāinaTommy WatersRadiant Cordero, Val Okimoto, Andria Tupola
Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology (ITT)Radiant CorderoVal OkimotoTyler Dos Santos-Tam, Andria Tupola, Matt Weyer
Energy, Environment & Sustainability (EES)Matt WeyerTyler Dos Santos-TamAugie Tulba, Andria Tupola
Public Safety & Economy (PS)Augie TulbaEsther KiaʻāinaScott Nishimoto, Val Okimoto, Andria Tupola
Government Efficiency & Customer Service (GCS)Tyler Dos Santos-TamMatt WeyerScott Nishimoto, Radiant Cordero
International & Legal Affairs (ILA)Scott NishimotoAndria TupolaRadiant Cordero, Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Esther Kiaʻāina, Val Okimoto, Augie Tulba, Tommy Waters, Matt Weyer
Housing, Homelessness & Parks (HHP)Andria TupolaAugie TulbaRadiant Cordero, Scott Nishimoto, Matt Weyer
Executive Management (EM)Tommy WatersScott NishimotoEsther Kiaʻāina, Val Okimoto

From the council's committees page, read Sept. 19, 2026, in its words. The five voting members the Sept. 24, 2026 Zoning and Planning agenda prints are the same five the council's committees page lists for that committee. Not verified: Terms and term-end dates for each member; Each member's committee roles beyond the committees page's lists; The Nov. 3, 2026 ballot.

Terms and next elections

Mayor

JurisdictionIncumbentNext election
City and County of HonoluluRick Blangiardi2028

4 year term beginning noon on second day of January following election. Maximum of 2 consecutive full terms.

Councilmembers

JurisdictionIncumbentNext election
District IAndria Tupola2028
District IIMatt Weyer2026
District IIIEsther Kiaaina2028
District IVTommy Waters2026
District VScott Y. Nishimoto2028
District VITyler Dos Santos-Tam2026
District VIIRadiant Cordero2028
District VIIIVal Okimoto2026
District IXAugie Tulba2028

4 year term beginning noon on second day of January following election. Maximum of 2 consecutive four-year terms.

From the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Elections' Elected Officials page, read Sept. 19, 2026, names and terms as the office prints them. Other county pages and agendas print some names differently; each page prints its own source's form.

Bills and resolutions

All 2026 measures

58 bills, 212 resolutions and 260 committee reports are on file for 2026, each with the last event the council's system records.

Agendas read into items

Meetings ahead

092226 Committee on Budget Agenda · posted Sept. 16, 2026
092226 Committee on Energy, Environment & Sustainability Agenda · posted Sept. 16, 2026
092226 Committee on Housing, Homelessness & Parks Agenda · posted Sept. 16, 2026
092326 Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology Agenda · posted Sept. 17, 2026
092326 Committee on Government Efficiency & Customer Services Agenda · posted Sept. 17, 2026
092326 Committee on Executive Management Special Meeting Agenda · posted Sept. 17, 2026
092426 Committee on Zoning & Planning Agenda · posted Sept. 18, 2026
092426 Committee on Public Safety & Economy Agenda · posted Sept. 18, 2026
092426 Committee on International & Legal Affairs Agenda · posted Sept. 18, 2026

All 2026 agendas, by committee

Budget (BUD) 18 agendas
Energy, Environment and Sustainability (EES) 11 agendas
Executive Management (EM) 3 agendas
Full Council 11 agendas
Government Efficiency and Customer Services (GCS) 10 agendas
Housing, Homelessness and Parks (HHP) 10 agendas
Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology (ITT) 10 agendas
International and Legal Affairs (ILA) 10 agendas
Joint Committees 1 agendas
Public Safety and Economy (PSE) 10 agendas
Zoning and Planning (ZON) 11 agendas

Source: Honolulu Legislative Documents, the City Council's document system, read Sept. 20, 2026. Committee names, meeting times and document names are the council's. Times are Hawaiʻi time. The Ledger lists agendas; it has not summarized them.