Dawn Takeuchi Apuna on Planning and Permitting, Self Certification and Artificial Intelligence

The One Oʻahu Podcast with Mayor Rick Blangiardi

This week on the One Oʻahu Podcast, host Brandi Higa and Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) Director Dawn Takeuchi Apuna open with a discussion on the task force groups announced by Mayor Rick Blangiardi in this year’s State of the City address to focus on three specific areas: permitting, affordable housing, and the solar industry (00:30). Then, Director Apuna explains how her department has begun using artificial intelligence to streamline permit review preprocessing (3:16). Finally, we discuss Bill 6, relating to professional self-certification, and what this bill would mean for DPP and industry professionals if passed by the Honolulu City Council (10:52).