CITY CHARTER INFO
The Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu is the governing document of the City and County of Honolulu. The preamble states:
We, the people of the City and County of Honolulu,
accepting responsibility to seek to achieve in our time that righteousness by which the life of our land is preserved
and to encourage and enable our people to participate in their governance,
do hereby adopt this Charter of the City and County of Honolulu.
The Department of the Corporation Counsel is the Revisor of the Charter. The Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu is posted online.
2024 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT BALLOT QUESTIONS
Questions to amend the Charter of the City and County of Honolulu to appear on the November 5, 2024 General Election ballot.
2024 Proposed Charter Amendment Questions
Charter Question #2 (Resolution 23-239 CD1, FD1):
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to establish the Department of Emergency Management as an independent agency of the City Executive Branch by assigning the Department of Emergency Management a separate chapter in the City Charter similar to the chapters assigned to all other City departments; to provide that all Department of Emergency Management positions, including its Director and Deputy Director, are subject to the civil service laws; and to specify a minimum level of qualifications for the civil service position of the Director of Emergency Management, with additional minimum qualifications to be determined in accordance with civil service laws?”
Charter Question #3 (Resolution 24-050 FD1):
“Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to establish an Ocean Safety Commission to review and make recommendations on certain activities of the Department of Ocean Safety and to appoint the Chief of Ocean Safety?”