Hawaii beach access bill stalled after universal outcry

Hawaii beach access bill stalled after universal outcry

Public lands — including beaches in front of hotels and resorts — will remain open to the public after a Senate committee on Wednesday deferred a bill that drew near universal condemnation. State Sen. Chris Lee, chair of the Senate’s Water, Land, Culture and the Arts Committee, deferred Senate Bill 3148 after it generated hundreds of pages of written testimony that was “almost universally … in opposition” and “because of a whole bunch of issues …