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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. | |
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BIA finalizes gaming compact process rule12/8/2008, Indianz.com
The Bureau of Indian Affairs finalized a gaming compact rule on Friday in one of the last regulatory actions of the outgoing Bush administration. Publication of the rule in the Federal Register marks the first time since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed in 1988 that the BIA has taken steps to define how it will review tribal-state gaming compacts. IGRA requires federal approval of Class III activities such as slot machines and poker, which generate the bulk of revenues in the $27 billion industry
Sycuan walks away from gambling compact12/4/2008, San Diego Union Tribune SACRAMENTO - Blaming a punishing economy, the Sycuan band of El Cajon on Thursday walked away from a multibillion-dollar gambling agreement that it had pursued for years and spent $6 million to defend. | |
Seeking redress: Disenrolled Indians have few options 12/7/2008, Lake County News UPPER LAKE - As tribal disenrollments escalate among tribes in California and the rest of the nation, many Indians facing the loss of their tribal membership and identity are struggling to find justice. The fear of what may happen if they are stricken from the tribe's rolls is dominating the lives of between 60 and 74 current members of the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomos, who were notified late last month that they are up for disenrollment.
Indian disenrollments a statewide, nationwide issue12/6/2008, Lake County News This is the second in a series of articles on Robinson Rancheria's effort to disenroll certain of its tribal members. UPPER LAKE - Late last month, the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomos Citizens Business Council informed several dozen members of its intent to remove their tribal membership, an action taking place not just locally but around California and the nation.
Robinson Rancheria council begins disenrollment of dozens of tribal members 12/5/2008, Lake County News UPPER LAKE - The Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomos Citizens Business Council this week is holding hearings that could have serious implications for the future of dozens of people whose lives are shaped by their unique identity as native Pomo. Of the tribe's 347 voting members, 60 have been notified that they are being considered for disenrollment, according to Tribal Chair Tracey Avilia. Other sources within the tribe estimate the number of potential disenrollments to be as high as 74. Whichever number is correct, both sides agree that this is the largest disenrollment action the tribe has ever attempted in its history. | |
River eviction dispute in hands of tribal court12/7/2008, The Press Democrat A long-running dispute between some Colorado River residents and their tribal landlord is intensifying as both sides await a tribal appellate court decision on an eviction dispute. The battle between Bob Johnson and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, a single tribe known as CRIT, centers on a mobile home resort he runs called the Water Wheel Resort. The 26-acre resort is about 25 miles north of Interstate 10 near the Arizona Boarder.
Tribe, investors face uncertain odds with new administration12/6/2008, The Contra Costa Times Jim Levine stands in the brick-faced emptiness of the historic Winehaven building and waves to where the card tables and slot machines will go, as if cocktail waitresses stand ready to fan across the room. "We think this will be one of the top tourist destinations in California," he says. But even if Levine's Upstream Investments and the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians sell Richmond officials on their dream of a shoreline magnet anchored by a Vegas-style casino at the former Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot, its fate rests squarely in Washington, with an incoming Obama administration that has yet to show its cards.
California casinos feel the pain12/8/2008, San Francisco Chronicle
The gambling industry may not line up with carmakers or banks at the edge of the financial cliff. But California's casino-operating tribes are feeling the pain as expansion plans are shelved and layoffs announced.California casinos feel the pain The state's huge gambling boom has clearly slowed. It's evident from Sonoma county, where a Geyserville casino has shelved a $600 million hotel and spa, to Southern California, where the state's biggest tribal operators are pulling back on mega-sized casinos with 5,000 slot machines and laying off hundreds of card dealers and pit bosses. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, other projects may be put on hold while lenders gauge the success of a new casino opening in Shingle Springs near Sacramento.
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