Maui wildfire survivors camp on the beach to push mayor to convert vacation rentals into housing

Some Lahaina wildfire survivors in Hawaii are vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until the mayor shuts down unpermitted vacation rentals and turns them into housing for those in need. Organizers are focusing on 2,500 vacation rental properties that don't have the normal county permits to allow rentals of less than 30 days a time. A county exemption has until now allowed the property owners to rent the units out short term to vacationers. Now the Lahaina fire survivors want the mayor to use his emergency powers to suspend the exemption. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen says he is considering all options.