North Shore: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

The City Council's zoning committee has Bill 43 (2026) before it, which would rezone land at Paʻalaʻa Kai in Waialua from the country district to residential. [source: the Committee on Zoning and Planning's agenda, Sept. 24, 2026]

DPP's map lists the Haleʻiwa Backyards request to move land out of the state agricultural district, along with shoreline-area permits for new homes, one with a hearing Oct. 23. [source: DPP's public-input map, read Sept. 19, 2026]

The state water commission is set to review emergency stream-channel work on the North Shore on Sept. 22. [source: the Commission on Water Resource Management's agenda, Sept. 22, 2026]

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 North Shore's page. Corrections: the corrections log.