Two days before the city plan to dismantle Kionina Kaneso’s sidewalk home, she didm’t know where she, her daughter, and grandchildren would sleep. She was a full fast food worker at McDonalds, but yet again, that wasn’t enough for rent. She didn’t want to go to homeless shelters because she had bad past experiences there. Because Hawaii was a “paradise vacation spot” the city would always banned things like sitting and lying on Waikiki’s sidewalks. Kaneso was is one of the many Micronesians who came to Hawaii due to an agreement their nation has made with the U.S. government. This gives them the opportunity to work and live in the country. Homeless shelter data shows that 30% are Hawaii or part Hawaiian, 27% are Micronesians, Marshallese,
