Homeless shuffle to avoid Kakaako park closures
More than a dozen homeless encampments returned to the mauka Kakaako Gateway Park as state and city officials continue to close and reopen parks overrun by homeless people in Kakaako.
Nearby Kakaako Waterfront Park, which reopened Monday, remained clear Tuesday afternoon, along with the makai Kakaako Gateway Park.
But half a dozen tents sprouted up in front of the Hawaii Children’s Discovery Museum, along with a bigger encampment in the mauka Gateway Park that runs along Ala Moana Boulevard.
Like others, Sonia Taglies, 32, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Tuesday that she has spent years being swept out of one Kakaako park after another.
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