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Jill Tokuda: This fire ripped back the curtain for how we have struggled to just survive here in Hawaii from a housing perspective.

On the recordSeptember 3, 2024
This fire ripped back the curtain for how we have struggled to just survive here in Hawaii from a housing perspective.
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Jill Tokuda
Democratic · Hawaii

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Jill Tokuda discusses the housing crisis exacerbated by the fire in Hawaii.

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