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To: Jeff Grubbe <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Jeff Grubbe wrote on the message board: > Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Chairman Jeff Grubbe and > California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a compact this week that, if > ratified by the Legislature, could allow it to build gaming facilities > on land that isn't part of the reservation. > > This agreement would replace the compact that the tribe and the state > signed in 1999. > > That document, including its 2006 amendment, allowed the Agua Caliente > to operate up to three gaming facilities with a total of 5,000 devices > in total — including slot machines and skill-based video games, like > video poker — with gaming revenues taxed at variable rates, up to 13 > percent. > > The new compact allows the tribe up to six gaming facilities with a > total of 5,000 machines. They currently have two large casinos, so > those four potential new facilities would be limited to 500 machines > each. It also gives the tribe power to open gaming facilities off the > reservation — on land in Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage > and unincorporated parts of the county that lies between the squares > of the tribe's checkerboard-shaped reservation. > > The tribe would have to acquire land off the reservation in order to > build casinos there — or, more specifically, the U.S. would have to > purchase those properties and hold them in trust for the tribe's use. > > The compact states that, "The Tribe's unique 'checker-board' > reservation has limited the Tribe's ability to fully develop its > Gaming Operations and the State recognizes that the Tribe and the > surrounding local communities will benefit from economic development > and accompanying job creation if the Tribe is able to develop Gaming > Facilities on certain parcels of land that are contiguous to the > Tribe’s current reservation boundaries." > > Tribes in California can acquire land for the purpose of building a > gaming facility, provided the transaction is approved by both the > Department of the Interior and the governor of California concurs, > according to Stand Up California, an advocacy group that pushes for > enforcement of gambling laws. > > In the last decade, the governor's office has generally supported > tribes acquiring off-reservation land for gaming, provided that land > isn't in an "urbanized area" and the tribe can demonstrate support > from the surrounding community. But communities aren't always > supportive — voters blocked two controversial off-reservation > casinos in northern California in 2014, despite Gov. Brown's > approval. > > In a press release, the governor's office said that for the Agua > Caliente and their checkerboard-shaped reservation, off-reservation > gambling "creates a framework within which the tribe can make > significant investments that will generate jobs and stimulate > additional economic growth in each of those communities." > > http://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/2016/08/04/agua-caliente-california-gaming-compact/88226654/ Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message