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Recovery
Complete the Lahaina Recovery — Every Dollar Accounted For
$1.6 billion in federal CDBG-DR funds must go to fire survivors and local families — with transparent, auditable public reporting on every expenditure.
The Platform
$1.6 billion in federal CDBG-DR funds must go to fire survivors and local families — with transparent, auditable public reporting on every expenditure.
Outside speculators are circling burned properties. Expand the Lahaina Community Land Trust and create anti-speculation safeguards so Maui families — not mainland investors — own their future.
East Maui's water belongs to this community. Fight for a public trust water set-aside, buy back private water systems, and fund the $250M rebuild of Lahaina's water infrastructure.
A permanent wildfire mitigation division within MEMA. The Lahaina Bypass fast-tracked as an evacuation corridor. Disaster readiness treated with the urgency a post-Lahaina Maui demands.
Dunbar will advocate to the County Council that Bill 9 should be repealed and replaced with a plan that actually addresses housing affordability — expanding the Lahaina Community Land Trust, fast-tracking workforce permits, keeping speculators off burn zone land. The Council decides. The Mayor implements.
FEMA cuts and tariffs on rebuild materials threaten the recovery. Maui needs a mayor who can fight Washington — not manage the relationship with it. Within 30 days of taking office John will demand a public accounting from FEMA of every committed dollar and every outstanding disbursement. He spent sixteen years in adversarial proceedings. He will not be outmaneuvered.