Awareness in Fort Weaver and Keoneula, Oahu
ADDITIONAL INFO: From someone who lives in the area who has to deal with this on the daily. This is why we have to take action when we can to help keep our neighborhoods from falling into disarray. "Mahalo for bringing awareness about the boxer guy impeding traffic, I live right near there and have to walk home from work at night from the shopping center and it's not safe. I've spoken to some of the kupuna in the area that walk and have to go out of their way to avoid him because his stuff is in the way and they're scared. When the kids are playing or using the field he is using the bathroom behind the wall and in view of the kids. His cooking fires could light up the whole neighborhood and even though HFD is near, it's a risk that uses resources someone else may need if they had to respond to that cooking fire. I've reported multiple times in the hnl311 app with photos. He does get mildly aggressive but only for a minute, not long enough for HPD. He does walk around latenight looking into yards." ------------ UPDATE: I had a conversation with Councilman Augie T on this subject and unfortunately, it's a difficult situation. He is not on City property but a mixture of the State property and the neighborhood HOA.. He is also aware of the other issue by Asing Park. They have no power to do anything other than sweeep the area clean and ask the person of interest if they would like help or shelter. They cannot force them to get help for anything...just hold their items. Once that's done, they are free to come back at any time to the same area and really, there's nothing further that can be done. Citations don't really do anything. That said, he said they're doing whatever they can to keep the area from sliding into a worse state but they are hampered by not having many treatment options in the area. My thanks to Augie for the quick response and the phone call. ------------ UPDATE: Augie T. responded and they have already submitted a request to have it cleaned up. Mahalo Augie! ------------ This is getting out of hand. On the corner of Fort Weaver and Keoneula, a homeless man has taken up residence. He's been there for a couple weeks now. It's progressively getting worse and worse. I'm all for helping people who are down on their luck and giving them space but there are limits to what goes on in our neighborhoods. There are tons of people that use this path to walk to and from school as well as shopping and this is unsafe and unsanitary. In addition he broke through the fence that leads into the park area. I'm assuming so that he can use the restroom facilities. And yes, I'm not just posting to complain...just pointing it out. I've already forwarded to my local reps (texted even).