{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=814", "Case Secures Federal Assistance To Help City And County Of Honolulu Mitigate Impact Of Climate Change", "2022-03-20", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=21", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, announced today that H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 signed into law by the President on Tuesday, March 15, included his request for $300,000 to assist the City and County of Honolulu to adapt to climate change with its city-wide Tree Inventory and Management Plan.\n\n\u201cOften underappreciated, O\u2018ahu\u2019s trees, especially in our highly dense urban center, besides lending beauty to our Honolulu, are environmental workhorses and essential components of both climate change adaptation and mitigation,\u201d said Case.\n\n\u201cAccording to the City and County of Honolulu, for each dollar spent on tree planting and care, Honolulu\u2019s trees provide $3 in benefits. Recent assessments have determined that O\u2018ahu has lost nearly 5 percent of its total tree canopy over the study area in just four years.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis assistance through Congress\u2019 Community Project Funding (CPF) program will enable Honolulu to develop a complete inventory of its tree assets, which is essential for determining the number of publicly owned trees, planning for new trees and tracking their maintenance needs. Analyzing a complete inventory against social vulnerability and other demographic and environmental data can identify potential disparities in city tree assets across communities and work towards equitable distribution of resources.\u201d\n\n\u201cTrees and our urban forests are some of the most important elements of a thriving, sustainable community,\u201d said Director of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation, Laura H. Thielen. \u201cWe have excellent programs in place for City and community tree planting, and to grow our tree canopy. With this funding for an integrated tree asset management system, we can more effectively manage the expanding tree resources.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the support of Congressman Ed Case and staff in securing resources to both modernize City operations and support targeted climate change adaptation efforts,\u201d added Chief Resilience Officer and Executive Director for the City Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency, Matthew Gonser.\n\n\u201cA complete City street and park tree inventory is the foundation to inform planting priorities and actions to address environmental and social justice; improve efforts to manage increasing temperatures due to climate change; better manage rain where it falls; create green and complete streets; and improve environmental and neighborhood conditions island-wide.\u201d\n\nThis year the U.S. House incorporated CPF requests by individual Members of Congress for specific projects and purposes in their district into its annual appropriations process. CPF requests may only be directed to governments or non-profits, not for-profit businesses or individuals.\n\nThey must have demonstrated community support, and they are subject to audit by the independent Government Accountability Office. Finally, all Members must publicly disclose their CPF requests and signed required ethics certifications. Case\u2019s disclosures are here: https://case.house.gov/media/funding-disclosures.htm.\n\nCase made ten CPF requests, all of which were funded.\n\nAttachments: pictures provided by the City and County of Honolulu.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=814"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8550290949642658, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}