ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE TO
ORDER. I'M SENATOR BILL DODD
THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND
TODAY WE BE HOLDING AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON THE
TRIBAL COMPTES TRIBAL STATE
COMPACT BETWEEN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN THE CABAZON BAND
OF MISSION INDIANS. FOR THOSE
OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH THE
SENATE'S PROCEDURE THE
ESTABLISHED POLICY ALLOWS FOR
AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON THE
DETAILS OF THE COMPACT. TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A VOTE ON THE
SENATE FLOOR. NOVO WILL BE
TAKEN HERE TODAY. IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THIS COMPACT
MIRRORS MANY OF THE RECENT
COMPACTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE. THIS INCLUDES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
LANGUAGE LABOR VISIONS OF ALLOW
WORKERS TO UNIONIZE AS WELL AS
LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRE THE
TRIBES TO FOLLOW STATE LAW
RELATED TO MINIMUM WAGES WELLS
SOME OTHER VERY IMPORTANT
PROVISIONS. I KNOW MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF
THE LEGISLATURE APPRECIATE THIS
ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT IN
MAKING SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE
IS INCLUDED IN TRIBAL COMPACTS
AND I WANT TO THANK THE TRIED
FOR GREEN. TO THE PROVISIONS IN
THE COMPACT ON A PERSONAL NOTE
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR NAY
MARK ON HER FIRST CONTACT. IT
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN
THE FUTURE ON MANY MORE THEY'RE
COMING BEFORE US. THIS NAY MARK
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FOR SO
WE CAN BEGIN. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN DAUGHTER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE TODAY. THE TRIBE IN
THIS ENTERED INTO A TRIBAL
STATE GAMING COMPACT IN
NINETEEN NINETY NINE WHICH
ENABLE THE TRIBE THROUGH
REVENUES GENERATED BY ITS
CASINO TO SUPPORT A STRONG SELF
SUFFICIENT TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
AND TO FIND ESSENTIAL
GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO ITS
CITIZENS. IN LIGHT OF THE
UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF THE CUT
THAT CONTACTS THE NEWSMEN
MINISTRATION NEGOTIATED AND
SIGNED A NEW CONTACTS WITH THE
CABAZON BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS. THIS IS THE FIRST
CONTACT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
NEGOTIATED TO COMPLETION. THE
ECONOMIC PROVISIONS SEEK TO
PROVIDE TEMPORARY FINANCIAL
RELIEF FR THE TRIBE WELL THEY
PAY DOWN THEIR OUTSTANDING DEBT
TO ENSURE THE TRIBE IS THE
PRIMARY BENEFICIARY OF THE
FACILITY. AS INTENDED BY THE
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT.
THE RELIEF IS ACHIEVED BY USING
A FLAT RATE PAYMENT FOR REVENUE
SHARING WITH LIMITED OR NON
GAMING TRIBES AMOUNTING TO ONE
POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS PER
YEAR. UNTIL JANUARY FIRST
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. HAVE AS I
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A FLAT
CREDIT AMOUNT AGAINST THIS
PAYMENT OF A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.
DURING THIS RELIEF PERIOD THE
NUMBER OF THE TRIBES DEVICES
WILL BE CAPPED AT EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND YOU'LL PAY A PRO
RATA REGULATORY COSTS. GETTING
AND YOU WORRY TWENTY TWENTY
FOURTH THE TRIBES REVENUE
SHARING PAYMENTS WILL CHANGE AS
THEIR NUMBER OF MAXIMUM DEVICES
INCREASES. THEIR NUMBER OF
DEVICES WILL INCREASE TED TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
AND IT WILL PAY FOUR POINT 25%
GROSS GAMING REVENUE FROM THE
OPERATION OF GAMING DEVICES
OVER THREE FIFTY. TOWARDS
REVENUE SHARING. HE'LL BE ABLE
TO TAKE UP 255% CREDITS AGAINST
THIS PAYMENT. IT WILL CONTINUE
TO PAY PRO RATHER READY
REGULATORY COSTS. THE OTHER
CORE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT
INCLUDING TERMS RELATED TO
LICENSING. REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
LABOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO
CONTACTS FIVE IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN. THIS INCLUDES
PROTECTIONS AGAINST WORKPLACE
DISCRIMINATION HARASSMENT
PROVISIONS TO ADOPTING COMPLY
WITH THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR.
STANDARDS ACT AND INCLUSION OF
THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE RATE
THE TRIBAL ADOPT THE STANDARD
TRIBAL LABOR RELATIONS
ORDINANCE. CONTACT ALSO
INCLUDES THE TWO TIERED
PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION INCLUDED IN SOME
RECENT CONTACTS WHICH ALLOWS
FOR MORE LESS INTENSIVE PROCESS
DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE TRIBE
OPERATES OVER OR UNDER THREE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DEVICES. BOTH
PROCESS HE'S REQUIRED THAT HEAD
OF ANY PROJECT THE TRIBE MUST
ANALYZE AND DOCUMENT OFF
RESERVATION IMPACTS PROVIDE FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND IN A
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC. TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND COME TO
MITIGATION AGREEMENT WITH A
LOCAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT THANK
YOU HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA. NINETEEN
NINETY NINE COMPAQ'S ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE AND
WHEN YOU EXPECT TO GO SHE
ASIANS ON THOSE CONTACTS YES
EACH CONTACT IS UNIQUE IN
CONFIDENTIAL SO I CAN'T SAY
EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL COME TO
COMPLETION HOWEVER THE NINETEEN
YANG COMPACTS WILL EXPIRE
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY AND THERE'S AN EIGHTEEN
MONTH POTENTIAL EXTENSION
PERIOD TO JUNE THIRTIETH TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. SO WITHOUT URGENCY
THAT WOULD MEAN WE HAVE TO
BRING IN THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
TIME AND IT THERE ARE THIRTY
ONE LEFT TO FINALIZE WITHIN
THAT TIME PERIOD SO THAT GIVES
YOU KIND OF A SENSE OF THIS THE
SCOPE. RIGHT IN THE IN NOT SURE
IF THE THIS IS A QUESTION YOU
CAN ANSWER TODAY AND NOT HAVING
TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS
COMPACT BUT I AM INTERESTED IN.
UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A STATUS
REPORT ON THE TRIBAL NATION
GRANT PANEL AND. WHEN WE CAN
EXPECT THE FIRST THE GRANTS TO.
FROM THE- GRANT FUNDED BE TO
SPUR. ABSOLUTELY SO CRISTINA
SNYDER THE GOVERNOR'S TRIBAL
ADVISER WILL BE PROVIDING AN
UPDATE I BELIEVE EARLY NEXT
YEAR BUT- I TALKED TO HER HEAD
OF THIS HEARING JUST IN CASE
YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. AND SO.
SHE GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION.
AND THEN ANY MORE DETAILS YOU
CAN KIND OF. SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT
LATER. SO THE TRIBAL NATION
GRANT FUND PANEL HAS MET
MONTHLY TO DETERMINE THE
APPORTIONMENT OF EQUAL
DISTRIBUTION GRANT FUNDS VERSUS
COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS. AND
THE PANEL HAS VOTED TO ALLOCATE
30% OF THIS YEAR'S
APPROXIMATELY FORTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE. THE
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION GRANTS WHICH
THEY HOPE TO FINALIZING THEIR
NEXT MEETING WHICH IS ON
SEPTEMBER SIX. IN THE HOPE TO
PASS THIS POST THE SOLICITATION
NOTICE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER
ONCE THE POST A SOLICITATION
NOTICE IT WILL GIVE ELIGIBLE
TRIBES FORTY FIVE DAYS TO APPLY
FOR THE GRANT. AND THEN SO
THEY'RE HOPING TO KIND OF GET
AWARDS OUT BY JANUARY OR
FEBRUARY OUT THE LATEST THE
PANEL'S GOING TO ADOPTED BY
LAWS AT THE NEXT MEETING IS
WHILE. AND THEY'RE CONTINUING
TO WORK ON GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES FOR THE COMPETITIVE
GRANT AWARDS WHICH THEY VOTED
TO DISTRIBUTE NO LATER THAN
JUNE. THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY POINT
TIME WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A
CHAIRMAN WELL WELL MáS. YET
THE GENERAL COUNSEL MR. FELDMAN
TO COME UP AND TESTIFY PLEASE.
SHE SAID. GOOD MORNING MORNING
MORNING. SEE. MISTER CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE
TODAY MY NAME IS DONNA THOMAS
AND I AM ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF
THE CABS ON BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS I HAVE HELD THE
POSITION OF TRAVEL CHAIRMAN
SINCE MAY TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN
APPEARING WITH ME THIS MORNING
IS GOING FELT ON THE TRIBUNAL
COUNSEL ALSO PRESIDENT TRY
OPOSSUM ADDRESS FOR TRIBAL
AFFAIRS. COMMUTE DIRECTOR OF
TROUBLE GRANTS. THE COMPACT IS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY
REPRESENTS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK BY BOTH. IN TROUBLE
REPRESENTATIVES. WE BEGIN IS
NEGOTIATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO
DURING BROWN ADMINISTRATION.
AND COMPLETED THE PROCESS THAT
THE TWO WEEKS AGO UNDER THE-
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNOR NEWSOME. I WANT THINGS
HIS NAME MARK AND STAFFER TO GO
TO THE TIME ENERGY TO
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THIS
PROCESS. GAMING HAS BEEN A KEY
TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
THE CABLES ON MANTA MISSION
INDIANS. WHAT WE HAVE COME A
LONG WAY IN THE LAST THIRTY
YEARS WE HAVE MORE TO DO AND
IT'S COMPACT WILL ALLOW IT TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS. SERVICES AND BENEFITS
TO OUR TRAVEL COMMUNITY. AT THE
SAME TIME THE COMPACT FIGHTS
BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS TO OUR
EMPLOYEES. OUR CUSTOMERS AND TO
LARGER COACHELLA VALLEY
COMMUNITY. FOR THESE REASONS WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK ME TO APPROVE
THIS TRAVEL DO TRAVEL STATE
COMPACT THANK YOU THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIRMAN. YOU EVERYTHING
WELL I'M NOTHING. OKAY WE
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS. THAT I
DID HAVE. ONE FOR YOU CHAIRMAN.
YES PLEASE. SEVEN WHICH A LOT
OF THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO BE AT THIS
POINT. I'M SO PLEASED. TO SEE
AND READ THAT THAT THE YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
COMMUNITIES IS THIS PART OF
YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE IN YOUR- IN
YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. WHICH WE
GET A BUSINESS MODEL I SEE THAT
GOT THE NUMBER OF SLOT MACHINES
IT'LL BE ALLOCATED IN THE REST
OF THE YEAR AND ON AND ON JUNE
TWENTY TWENTY THREE. ARE YOU
DIVIDE IN THOSE UP AMONG NOW
HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT IS A YOU
MENTIONED THAT THAT. SOME OF
THE FACILITIES MIGHT GET. WOULD
GET MORE LEISURE HOW YOU GONNA
DIVIDE THOSE UP WHAT'S THE
WHAT'S THE. LAND ON THAT BY
THEM UP UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
YOU'RE YOU'RE ADDING MORE
MACHINES CORRECT WORD. ORDER OF
LESSENING THE MACHINES I
THOUGHT YOU WERE ADDING MORE
OKAY THEN MY MISTAKE I THOUGHT
YOU WERE. THERE IS THE ONLY
OPERATE ONE GAMING FACILITIES
SO THE AMOUNT OF DEVICES IN
THAT FACILITY WILL BE EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED UNTIL TWENTY TWENTY
FOUR AND THEN ONCE JANUARY
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR HEADS THEY
CAN THEY CAN GO UP TO TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME
THERE'S ONLY ONE FACILITY AND
THEN AT THAT POINT THEY WILL
BREAK THE BUSINESS DECISION
ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH
OKAY GRANTED THE MAYBE WHAT
THE- SENATOR WAS TALK ABOUT
THIS IS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
THAT IT IT SEEMS LIKE THE
COMPACT ALLOWS FOR UP TO TWO
CASINOS RIGHT. QUESTION IS ARE
PLANS TO BUILD A NEW CASINO
HERE NOT AT THIS POINT TIME NO.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD
IN MOST OF THE COUNTY SINCE IT
DOES ALLOW FOR UP TO TWO
CASINOS BUT- AT THIS POINT TO
THE RESERVATIONS RELATIVELY
SMALL IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO
HAVE MORE THAN ONE. THANK YOU I
NEED TO CLEAR THAT UP. THANK
YOU IF I COULD LET ME JUST IN
RESPONSE TO THE FIRST QUESTION
AMAZON'S ACTUALLY REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF DEVICES SLOT MACHINES
OPERATOR CURRENTLY OPERATING
THOUSAND UNDER THE NEW CONTACT
THE FIRST FOUR YEARS THEY'RE
GONNA DROP THAT TO EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED. AND THAT JUST MARKET
DRIVEN THAT JUST. TO MAKE AND
MARKET FAT AND WHAT THEY- THE
OPTIMUM NUMBER MACHINES IS.
FAIR ENOUGH FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY
FANTASTIC ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
US BEING. THANK YOU. FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY MISTER CHAIRMAN THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
REVENUE. OKAY AT THIS TIME WE
LIKE TO CALL UP JACK RUBIN
CALIFORNIA POLITICAL DIRECTOR
FOR THE NIGHT HERE. GOOD
MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS AGAIN JACK RIVEN WITH
UNITE HERE. AND WE ARE VERY
PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE NEWSOME
ADMINISTRATION IS FOLLOWING.
BUT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH THE
BROWN ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS
REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF.
OBLIGATIONS FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS TO THE STATE
GENERAL FUND FOR TRIBES SO THEY
CAN KEEP IT FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THEIR- YOU KNOW THEIR OWN
MEMBERSHIP AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. AND AT THE SAME
TIME WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE
THAT THAT THE NEW SOME
ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO
INCLUDING. THE NEW TRIBAL LABOR
RELATIONS ORDINANCE THAT GIVE
WORKERS. AN ADDITIONAL
ORGANIZING OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO
REDUCES THE- OPPORTUNITY FOR
DISPUTES IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN
WRITTEN. AND WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL TO THE CABAZON BAND OF
MISSION INDIANS FOR AGREEING TO
THAT. AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS
COMPACT AND WE HOPE THAT THEY
GET A UNANIMOUS VOTE OFF THE
SENATE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR RUBIN. AT THIS
TIME I SEE THAT THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER EDUARDO GARCIA IS HERE
WHO REPRESENTS. A CAB IS ON
TRIBE AND I WAS WONDERING IF
YOU WANT TO DO SAY ANYTHING
TODAY. MORNING MR CHAIR AND
COLLEAGUES AT SOME WITH THE
STRING PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO
STAND BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF
THE CABAZON BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS A MISSION. TO CONTINUE
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROSPERITY. AND
THAT THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THEY CREATE IN OUR
DISTRICT WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
THAT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU MAY
ALREADY KNOW. AND SOME MAY NOT
THAT IT NOW NINETEEN EIGHTY
SEVEN. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS TOOK. A BATTLE ALL THE
WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT. THAT
SET UP THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN
STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND
ULTIMATELY OPENING UP INDIAN
GAMING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY
WERE LATER JOINED BY THE
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS. IN THAT BATTLE SO TO
TWO YEARS AGO THEY CELEBRATED
THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF WHAT
MEANS TO BE TROUBLE SOVEREIGN
NATION AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO
ENDEAVOR INTO. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT SO POWER MINISTER
THE GERMAN. N. Y. NO THAT IS
NOT BECAUSE I GOOGLED IT.
BECAUSE AS A YOUNG COLLEGE
STUDENT I HAD THE DISTINCT
PLEASURE OF INTERN IN WITH THE
CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
OFFICE I WAS ABOUT TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO YEARS OLD. AND THE
INTRODUCED ME TO WHAT IT MEANT
TO HAVE I'M NOT TWENTY ONE
ANYMORE I WAS TO TWENTY THREE
TWENTY THREE AND SO THE
INTRODUCED ME TO WHAT IT MEANT
TO BE A TRIBAL SOVEREIGN
NATION. AND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE
GOOD STEWARDS ARE TO THE
COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY OPERATE
AND SO WE'RE NOT JUST HERE
APPROVING HE COMPACT UNDER THE
NEW SOME ADMINISTRATION I THINK
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE KIND
OF THREE PASSION HISTORY. AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR TRIBES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY HERE
IN CALIFORNIA TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR
THEIR PEOPLE ARE ON THE
RESERVATIONS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO
THE LARGE ECONOMIES OF THE
REGION IN THE STATE SO IT'S
WITH GREAT PLEASURE. THAT I
STAND BEFORE YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS COMPACT AND WE DO HOPE
THAT THE SENATE ALONG WITH THE
G. O. COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE.
AND THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR WILL.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS
COMPACT THANK YOU FOR YOUR IN
YOUR ATTENTION. SEPTEMBER AND
WE ALL APPRECIATE ST LESSON
THAT WAS THE- A VERY NICE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH I WITH THAT WE'RE
GONNA BE MOVING INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW IN THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESSES
THERE'S A MICROPHONE. HERE. THE
MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE TERM UNLESS MY NAME
IS SUSAN JOHNSON I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA NATION'S INDIAN
GAMING ASSOCIATION AND WE
SUPPORT OF A COMPACT NEGOTIATED
BETWEEN TWO SOVEREIGNS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
AND WE HOPE THAT THE SENATE
WILL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY WITH THAT
THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE WE
APPRECIATE THE CHAIRMAN AND.
THIS MAY MARK A ADD. ALL THE
OTHER PEOPLE THAT TESTIFIED
THAT MISTER RUBIN THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND WILL HAVE THIS VOTE COMING
UP IN THE- OF THE SENATE.
COMING TO A THEATER NEAR. WITH
THAT IN THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED