Hurricane Lala Recovery and Relief

At a glance

What: County Council items tied to Hurricane Lala: acceptance of a $10,000 donation for older adults needing recovery help, the matching budget bill, and a request to discuss the administration's after-action review and recovery plan.
Where it stands: Res. 714-26 and Bill 203 are on the 2026-11-06 Council agenda; Comm. 1133 is before the Policy Committee on Health, Safety and Well-being on 2026-11-05. Comm. 1133 was discussed and its file closed (8-0, one excused) on 2026-11-05; the FEMA individual assistance appeal was reported due about November 22. No Council action on the other items is reported.
Next: Council and committee action. The storm and its impacts are not described in the sources read.

Res. 714-26 accepts $10,000 from the USAging Disaster Relief Fund for the Office of Aging; introduced by Matt Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder by request.
Bill 203 appropriates the same $10,000 in the operating budget (Ordinance 26-44, as amended).
Comm. 1133, from Council Member Ashley Lehualani Kierkiewicz dated 2026-10-19, requests a discussion with County administration on the Hurricane Lala after-action review and recovery plan.
Discussion at the 2026-11-05 committee meeting (from auto-captions): the Civil Defense after-action review so far is centered on the Emergency Operations Center and a fuller County-wide review is planned, possibly by a third party; the Army Corps of Engineers is assessing changed flood pathways and cemetery vulnerability in Kaʻu; a universal intake form for survivors is a goal; the County is preparing an appeal of the FEMA individual assistance denial, deadline believed to be November 22. See Daryl Oliveira and Kanani Aton.
Maui County has its own Hurricane Lala funding item: Hurricane Lala Funding and Emergency Donations.

Emergency Proclamation Relating to Tropical Storm Lala - Hawaii County, August 14, 2026: the mayor's local state-of-emergency proclamation ahead of the hurricane warning (supplemental proclamations: first, second).
Trump approves emergency declaration for Hawaii County after Hurricane Lala - Hawaii News Now, August 26, 2026: federal emergency declaration for the August 14-16 impacts.
President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii - FEMA, October 8, 2026: major disaster declaration enabling Public Assistance for Hawaii County.

Res. 714-26 and companion Bill 203 on the agenda ($10,000 donation for the Office of Aging).

Comm. 1133 requests a discussion of the after-action review and recovery plan.
Comm. 1133 discussed with Civil Defense's acting administrator and the new recovery officer; file closed 8-0 (one excused). Topics: after-action review scope and a possible third-party review, Army Corps of Engineers flood assessment and cemetery, universal intake form, State legislators' access to emergency meetings, livestock water storage, and the FEMA individual assistance appeal (deadline believed November 22). Acting administrator Oliveira's last day was reported as the Friday of the following week.