Downtown-Chinatown · Briefs

Downtown-Chinatown: the brief, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Bill 48 (2025), on pedestrian malls in downtown Honolulu, is back on the zoning committee's Sept. 24 agenda; it passed second reading last November, and the committee postponed action in April. [source: the Committee on Zoning and Planning's agenda, Sept. 24, 2026]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 20, 2026 from the records linked in each sentence; it says what was on the record that day, in plain words, and does not predict outcomes or take sides. What has happened since is on Downtown-Chinatown's page. Corrections: the corrections log.