A bill that would fine and allow for the arrest of Oʻahu residents for possessing and abandoning shopping carts is advancing through the Honolulu City Council, despite overwhelming testimony against it.
Bill 53 would prohibit the possession and use of shopping carts on Oʻahu unless they are identified by the legal owner and used on their own premises.
“The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate the possession and abandonment of shopping carts in order to reduce the threat they pose to the health, safety, and welfare of the public,” the bill reads…