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Indian casino plans one step closer in Yuba County,  By Dave Moller  NevadaCounty gamblers would have a shorter drive to throw legal dice if an Indian casino proposed for YubaCounty is eventually built.   This week the Yuba County Supervisors voted 4-0 to send a letter to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs saying a casino proposed just outside of Marysville would not have an overall bad effect on the community. The letter is being revised to also say a casino would also cause some problems, according to board Chairman John Nicoletti.
 
March 2009: Indians of Enterprise No. 1 Oppose Conccurance   - The current leadership of the Enteprise Tribe has disenrolled long-standing members of the Indians of Enterprise No. 1. It appears that the new leadership has ASSUMED CONTROL of the tribal status of Rancheria No. 1, in order to assert development of a casino outside of aboriginal territory in Yuba County. The current tribal government is seriously impacted by the Carcieri v. Salazar U. S. Supreme Court Ruling.  
Miwok Indian fires back in dispute
By Diana Lambert   Thursday, Mar. 12, 2009  Cesar Caballero has fired the latest volley in the battle over which tribe is actually the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and, ultimately, the owner of the Red Hawk Casino.He filed a countersuit against the casino tribe on Feb. 17, claiming it is fraudulently using the identity of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The tribe operating the casino was originally the Sacramento Verona Band of Indians, made up of Maidu Indians and Hawaiians, Caballero told The Bee.
Another Carcieri v. Salazar question? How many more in California?
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Alert and Action:  S.338 passed the Senate yesterday afternoon.  Please send letters of support to assist passage in the House. S. 338  by 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.  THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE SENT LETTERS!
 
 
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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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