Tribe to hold public forum7/24/2008, The Desert Sun
The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians will hold a forum next month to discuss issues surrounding an old federal law that gives six states latitude with law enforcement on Indian reservations. Public Law 280 was enacted in 1953, but opinions differ as to what it means in terms of sheriff's patrols on the Soboba Tribe's sovereign land, according to Mike Hiles, tribal information officer.  

Casino's big layoff to strain resources7/24/2008, The Press-Enterprise The county agency that helps retrain laid-off workers usually manages to find new jobs for more than three-quarters of them. But the ones laid off by the Pechanga Resort & Casino this week face a job market already glutted by growing numbers of unemployed blue- and white-collar workers and businesses worried that adding new employees might damage their already-bruised bottom lines. Felicia Flournoy, director of workforce development for the Riverside County Economic Development Agency, said the agency was able to find jobs for about 85 percent of the people who walked in the door last year. Usually the success rate is between 75 percent and 85 percent, she said. "But the economy has changed a lot this year," Flournoy said. "This is probably going to be a tough year."

 

 

Bill aimed at settling San Jacinto Valley Indian water rights dispute headed to president7/24/2008, The Press-Enterprise A bill to resolve a decades-old San Jacinto Valley Indian water rights dispute is headed for President Bush's signature with passage of the Soboba Band of Luiseņo Indians Settlement Act late Thursday in the U.S. Senate. The bill, introduced by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, passed the House of Representatives in May. The legislation implements a 1991 federal government settlement and another settlement with San Jacinto Valley water suppliers that took about eight years to resolve.

 

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