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.

Yuba County OKs potential casino
March 11, 2009 Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson
Yuba County Supervisors approved sending a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs that says the county is not opposed to a proposed $150 million casino near the Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Voters in a November 2005 election on an advisory measure opposed the casino with a 51 percent vote.The tribe points out that the areas immediately around the casino voted in favor of it.
The California Tribal Business Alliance, a coalition of six California tribes who have gaming operations, are opposed to the Enterprise Rancheria's plan on the grounds that it is "reservation shopping."  READ TRIBAL LETTER OF OPPOSITION


* California State Association of Counties calls for a suspension of ALL fee to trust applications. At present, there are over 70 applications from California tribes to take land into trust for purposes representing almost 7,000 acres of land (at least 10 of these applications seek to declare the properites "Indian lands" and therefore eligible for gaming acitivites under IGRA. Further complicating the fee-to-trust process is the recent decision in Carcieri v. Salazar . CSAC interpretation of the decision is that land should not be placed into trust under the IRA unless a tribe was federally recognized in 1934. This type of bright line rule provides clarity and avoids endless litigation.  
Indian gaming takes big bite out of Stateline winby Geoff Dornan Record Courier, NV Capitol Bureau March 11, 2009.  The opening of the Redhawk Casino near Placerville is being blamed for a 23.7 percent decline in gaming revenues for January.
 

 High court ruling has tribes scrambling By George Brennan gbrennan@capecodonline.com March 08, 2009 6:00 AM "While it's true that the Supreme Court decision may not affect all tribes recognized after 1934, making that claim could just lead to lengthy and costly legal battles, according to attorney Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, an Indian gaming expert with an Arizona law firm." (this article was previously posted but including it once more in light of the CSAC position paper)
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LINKS and Legislation

State Legislation:
 
HR 9: Price - Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the week of March 1 to March 7, 2009, inclusive, be recognized as National Problem Gambling Awareness Week and the agencies and organizations described above be commended for their concerted effort to raise public awareness of problem gambling; and be it further  
SB 126: Cedillo - Legislation is also needed to clarify that existing law requires that all charitable bingo must be played using a tangible card and that the only permissible electronic devices to be used by charitable bingo players are card-minding devices.  
AB 293: Mendoza - (not sure of the intent of this bill)So far, addresses definitions etc.  This is a wait and see.
SB  357: Ducheny -Proposes to extend the sunset date of the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (SDF) Grant Program, for grants to local jurisdictions to mitigate the impacts of tribal casinos, until January 1, 2020. Only 21 tribes pay into this fund - all have 1999 tribal state compacts. 1999 Compacts have failed the state both financially and socially. 
 

 
Federal Legislation:
 
S. 338 US Senator Feinstein:  Requires a two-part determination for the expansion of the gaming facility or scope of gaming at Casino San Pablo operated by the Lytton Band.  Provides greater scrunity by the public and local government. Restores the management of the size and scope of gaming to the State of California. PLEASE SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
 
 
 
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