Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Andy Kawano on the FY2024 Budget, Property Tax Relief and $100M for Affordable Housing

Mayor Rick Blangiardi and host Brandi Higa are joined by Andy Kawano, the director of the City’s Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, for a wide-ranging conversation about the administration’s proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year, including funding set aside for public safety, affordable housing projects, and consent decree projects for wastewater and solid waste (00:57). Later, Kawano explains the City’s historic plan to offer property tax relief to nearly 152,000 qualifying homeowners on Oʻahu (6:28) and chats with the Mayor about plans to improve regional infrastructure to support affordable housing in East Kapolei, Hālawa, Iwilei and Kapālama (18:07).