Lots of vague pronouns floating about - who exactly is "they" in "they are leasing out homestead lands for their own benefit"?
Last I checked, HHC/DHHL is a state agency, so yes, the state legislature gave a state agency funds to reduce the wait list, which still hasn't made much headway in doing the actual work to "enable native Hawaiians to return to their lands in order to fully support self-sufficiency for native Hawaiians", you know those people who are supposed to benefit but are not insiders to the state bureaucracy.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?
Last I checked, HHC/DHHL is a state agency, so yes, the state legislature gave a state agency funds to reduce the wait list, which still hasn't made much headway in doing the actual work to "enable native Hawaiians to return to their lands in order to fully support self-sufficiency for native Hawaiians", you know those people who are supposed to benefit but are not insiders to the state bureaucracy.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?