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Kailua: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

Kailua Beach Park on Oʻahu's windward coast.
File photo: Kailua Beach Park on Oʻahu's windward coast. Image: Tony Webster via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The City Council's zoning committee took up Resolution 26-188 on Aug. 27, proposing to rezone land in Kailua. [source: the Committee on Zoning and Planning's agenda, Aug. 27, 2026]

DPP's map lists two Special Management Area permit files for homes at Kaʻapuni, and the Environmental Notice has carried several shoreline certifications along the Kailua coast since June. [source: DPP's public-input map and the Environmental Notice]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 19, 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 Kailua's page. Corrections: the corrections log.

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