Stand Up for California! is a statewide organization with a focus on gambling issues including tribal gaming, card clubs, horse racing, charitable gaming and the state lottery.

Deputies storm Soboba reservation after report of carjacking
11/19/2008, The Press Enterprise
SOBOBA INDIAN RESERVATION - Riverside County sheriff's deputies searched for three carjacking suspects Wednesday on the Soboba Indian Reservation. Authorities were called to the reservation by a construction crew working there who reported being carjacked by three men about 6:30 a.m. at gunpoint. The crew was approached by the men, one armed with a handgun, another with a rifle, who stole their work truck, sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. 
 

 

Outsiders Target Indian Land for Risky Business
11/19/2008, The Center for Public Integrity
The Cortina landfill is one among dozens of projects across the country for which developers and Native Americans are using Indian sovereignty to bypass state and local regulations and build projects that other communities shun - projects ranging from landfills, big box stores and a massive power plant to casinos, motorcycle tracks and billboards. Neighbors are paying the price.

NIGC chairman stresses independence to Obama team11/19/2008, Indianz.com
The outgoing leader of the National Indian Gaming Commission said on Tuesday he is encouraging the incoming administration to maintain the agency's independence. NIGC Chairman Phil Hogen, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, has served as the federal government's top Indian gaming regulator since December 2002. "I've probably overstayed my welcome," he said at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.


Feds approve tribal compact 11/17/2008, Sacramento Business Journal
The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the state of California's amended gambling compact with the Shingle Springs Rancheria Band of Miwok for Red Hawk Casino, which opens Dec. 17. The amended compact runs through 2029 and allows the tribe up to 5,000 Las Vegas-style slot machines. The tribe will share revenue with the state on a sliding scale percentage of net win, from 20 percent to 25 percent. The Shingle Springs Band will also contribute $4.6 million annually to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, which pays tribes that don't have gaming.


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State Legislation to Watch
On December 1, 2008 the 2009 Legislative Regular Session Convenes for Organizational Session
 
Federal Legislation to Watch  
A Lame Duck session may begin Nov. 17/18, there is speculation of a  'Lands Ominbus bill' to be introduced by Senator Harry Reid. It will carry approximately 160 bills that have previously passed the House, as well as Senate Bills. MORE AS IT EVOLVES. 
 

H. R. 2963 - ENROLLED Congressman Issa Transfers without regulatory environmental process 1,178 ac. in Riverside and San Diego Counties to the Pechanga Band.  AMENDED TO INCLUDE: 
No Gaming. Maintained as open space and construction consistent with this purpose.
No existing right of ways or right of use prior to the date of enactment are affected. 
H.R. 3490 -REPORTED TO SENATE Congressman Radanovich Declares that specificed federal lands are to be held in trust by the US for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuik Indians  for non gaming purposes.
H. R. 5680 REPORTED TO SENATE Congressman Grijalva - A bill to extend leases for Morongo and transfer money to CRIT.
S. 3320  - Tribal Law and Order Act - to be introduced in early 2009. 
 

 

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