Aloha Honored Senators,

My name is Ramsey Romig Rockefeller Kilakila Kane and I come to you today in great distress
in regards to HB 1931.
I stand in strong opposition for House Bill 1931 and the idea of reducing the blood quantum for
successors because it will do more damage to the Native Hawaiian community rather than
rehabilitate the Native Hawaiian community. I stand for this because of two reasons. First off
the Native Hawaiian community makes up 32 percent of our homeless population according to
Hope Services Hawaii. If the goal and purpose of this bill is to support the rehabilitation of the
Hawaiian people, then why decrease the blood quantum for successor candidates sound like
such a beneficial idea for the beneficiaries Native Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920?
To me, this shows increased favoritism towards the kanaka that own Hawaiian Homestead lands
and an apparent disinterest in the kanaka that live and die on the waitlist. I apologize for using
such harsh terms, but the truth is that our people have been homeless for far too long and our
government has poorly funded the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. Secondly, the process as
to how the state will select a successor if the lesse dies without selecting a lesse is by all means
not a responsibility for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands(DHHL). As being a person who
has suffered from my grandmother not picking a successor of her homelands, It is very evident
that a defined process as to which child of the lesse is non-existent. If the Department of
Hawaiian Homelands wants to take on the responsibility of not only choosing a successor of the
land but ultimately handling family disputes that come with this land, then may Ke Akua bless
you. I say these words with great consideration of the overall population of our Native Hawaiian
people, and only look for the betterment of my land and people.
Me ke Aloha,
Ramsey Kane