Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 13, 2016-present

Candidate, Hawaii State Senate, District 13, 2022

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 29, 2006-2016

Member, Agriculture and Environment Committee

Member, Housing Committee

Chair, Judiciary Committee

Member, Agriculture and Environment Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Former Chair, Committee on Water and Land, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Chair, Human Services Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Interim Task Force on Smart Growth

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Judiciary and Labor Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Attorney, Self-Employed, present

Former Attorney, Perkin and Hosoda

Former Legislative Aide, Representative Louise M Slaughter

Former Intern, United States Senator John F. Kerry

Legislative Aide, Representative Marilyn B Lee, 2001-2006

Summer Clerk, Judge Corinne K. A. Watanabe, Intermediate Court of Appeals, 1995

Legislative Assistant, Representative Eliot L Engel, 1990-1993

Member, Board of Directors, Pacific Gateway Center, present

Former Member, Board of Directors, Honolulu Tower

Former Member, Chinatown Citizens Patrol

Former Member, Downtown Neighborhood Board

Former Member, Sheridan Citizens Patrol

Player, University of London, Men's Basketball, 1986-1987

Awards:

Freshman Legislator of the Year, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, 2007;
Chinatown Heroes Award, 2012;
Patsy Mink PAC Awardee, 2013;
Humane State Legislator Award, Humane Society of the United States, 2013;
Certificate of appreciation, United States Department of Defense, 2016;
Legislator of the Year, Hawaii Dental Association, 2019

Priority Issues:

In 2006, I ran on a platform of lowering the high cost of housing, reducing area crime and improving the education system. While combating the recession has forced all of us to work on reducing unemployment, the economy is improving and I hope to refocus on these three key issues soon.