THE SENATE
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER
GOOD MORNING, THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON TO VIEW THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THE
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772 TO 6.
8163 IN THE ACCESS CODE IS 736
TO 834. WE'RE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY IN THE O
STREET BUILDING. I ASK ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO BE
PRESENT IN ROOM 1200 SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM AND BEGIN
OUR HEARING WILL BE HOLDING A
BILL HEARING AS WELL AS A
HANDFUL OF INFORMATIONAL
HEARINGS ON TRIBAL COMPACTS,
COMPACT EXTENSIONS WILL BEGIN
WITH OUR BILL HEARING. WE HAVE
ONLY ONE ITEM TODAY. THAT'S SCR
58 BY SENATOR GLASER. LET'S
ESTABLISH THE QUORUM, BUT WE
CAN'T HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE HERE
NOW? WE NEED ONE MORE FOR
KHORRAM. I SUGGEST THAT WE
STARTED THE SUBCOMMITTEE. IS
THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NONE
WILL DO JUST THAT. UM. SENATOR
GLASER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. DON'T YOU PROCEED?
THANK YOU. CHAIR DODD. THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS
RESOLUTION. SCR 58. MEMBERS LONG
BEFORE CALIFORNIA BECAME A
STATE. NATIVE PEOPLE INHABITED
THESE BEAUTIFUL VALLEYS, HILLS
AND MOUNTAINS AND CURED FOR OUR
PRECIOUS FORESTS, LAKES AND
COASTAL WATERS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE
AND HONOR OUR INDIGENOUS ELDERS
PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE WHO'S
STEWARDSHIP OF THESE BEAUTIFUL
LANDS ALLOW US TO PURSUE THE
CALIFORNIA DREAM. AND THIS
RESOLUTION SEEKS TO DO JUST
THAT. TO PROVIDE A SHORT,
RESPECTFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT
THE CULTURAL AND GOVERNMENTAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NATIVE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE SHAPED
THE COURSE OF THIS STATE
THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. IN MY
OWN COMMUNITY, THE ALONE TRIBES
WERE A LINGUISTIC FAMILY OF UP
TO 50 INDEPENDENT VILLAGES THAT
WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS. THEY
WERE KNOWN TO CLEVERLY USE A
DECOY GOOSE MADE OUT OF A DEAD
GOOSE STUFF WAS STRAWS TO
ATTRACT FOUL FOR HUNTING AND
PERFORM CULTURAL BURNS TO YIELD
LARGER CROPS. UNFORTUNATELY
COLONIZATION LEFT TRIBE STRIPPED
OF THEIR LAND PENDANTS AND THEIR
CULTURE. DESPITE THESE
INDIGNITIES, NATIVE AMERICANS
PERSISTED, AND SINCE THE 19
SEVENTIES THE GOVERNMENT HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED SOME OF THE
ATROCITIES THAT COLONIZERS
COLONIZERS COMMITTED AGAINST
NATIVE AMERICANS. HISTORICALLY
AND PRESENTLY, NATIVE AMERICANS
ARE LEADERS IN BUSINESS,
GOVERNMENT MEDICINE, THE ARTS
AND CONSERVATION TO NAME JUST A
FEW. I BELIEVE THIS SHORT THAT
THIS TYPE OF RECOGNITION AS
RECOGNIZED IN THIS BILL CAN
BRING ABOUT A LARGER EFFORT TO
HEAL LONGSTANDING INJURIES AND
INJUSTICES AND STRENGTHEN TIES
BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND NON
NATIVE AMERICAN CALIFORNIANS.
AND FOR THESE REASONS AND WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
TODAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. APPARENTLY THE
CODE. THE ACCESS CODE WAS WRONG
AND BEFORE WE GET TO LEAVE
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT THE
PARTICIPANT PHONE LINE IS
87722681. IN THE ACCESS CODE IS
736 TO 83 TO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
THE ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL? OKAY? IS
THERE ANY OPPOSITION WITNESSES
IN THE ROOM, SEEING NONE. THANK
YOU. MODERATOR CAN WE PLEASE
PROMPT INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO SCR 58 FEEL FREE
TO OPEN THE LINES OF CALL
WITNESSES INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE.
SURELY THANK YOU. AND IF SO,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME
AGAIN, IT'S 10. AND CURRENTLY
NONE QUÊ. OF COURSE, WHAT SHE
SAY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU AT THIS
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MODERATED. SO WITH THAT BEFORE
WE ASKED, BRING IT BACK TO OUR
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A QUORUM.
SECRETARY OF POLICE CALL THE
ROLL. HEAR, HEAR WILK. ALVARADO
KILL HERE. ALVARADO GIL! HERE
HERE. ARCHULETTA ARCHULETTA HERE
. ASHBY ASHBY. HERE BRADFORD
BRADFORD! HERE GLAZER HERE ARE
HERE. JONES WHEN KOBO.
PORTANTINO QUARANTINE HERE.
ROUGH HERE, RUBIO SEYARTO.
FANTASTIC. WE HAVE A QUORUM. DO
ANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Dð NOT
SURPRISINGLY, SENATOR ARCHULETTA
. FIRST UP YOU ARE YOU'RE HERE,
SENATOR GLACIER. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING ANY RESOLUTION. I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO ADD IF I MAY THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE NATIVE
AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR
MILITARY, OUR COUNTRY AS AN
EXAMPLE IN WORLD WAR TWO PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE SOMETIMES THAT IN
THE PACIFIC WITH THE MARINES
WERE FIGHTING GUADALCANAL, IWO
JIMA AND ACROSS THE PACIFIC
TARAWA EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS
PROBLEMS, AND THE MARINES HAD
THIS GREAT IDEA THAT WHY DON'T
WE GET A LANGUAGE THAT NO ONE
CAN INTERPRET? MISREPRESENT ANY
WAY SHAPE OR FORM. AH JUMP IN
AND KNOW WHAT ARE GROUPS WERE
DOING AND SO THE NAVAJOS WERE
BROUGHT IN, AND THEY WERE CALLED
THE CODE TALKERS. AND SO THE
CODE TALKERS SAVED COUNTLESS
COUNTLESS OF MARINE LIVES AND
AIRMEN AND SAILORS THROUGHOUT
THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT THAT
OUT. THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
OUR COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY NOT
ONLY THEN BUT TODAY IS SO VITAL
AND SO IMPORTANT, AND I
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND THEIR
SACRIFICE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION
TO OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. ANYBODY ELSE
GLASER WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE CLOSE
BY MENTIONING THAT THIS ISSUE
BECAME PARTICULARLY GREATER. UH
MY AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE GREW
SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER A SENATE
DELEGATION TRIP TO AUSTRALIA AND
NEW ZEALAND. THEY ALSO HAVE AN
INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THOSE
COUNTRIES AND THEIR HANDLING OF
THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE IT WAS THE
THING THAT REALLY OPENED MY EYES
THAT IN EVERY PUBLIC EVENT IN
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE BEFORE
THEM. AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
THEY'RE BASED ON THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAD MADE
TO THEIR THEIR LAND THAT THEY
CALL NOW AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
, AND WE CALL OURSELVES
CALIFORNIANS BUT WERE RECENTLY
HAPPENED IN HERE. AND I THINK
THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE US IS,
UH, IS HEALTHY AND MATURE. AND
HONEST AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
RESOLUTION SEEKS TO CREATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. SENATOR RUBIO.
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT?
YES AND I APOLOGIZED, BUT I
WANTED TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE
SENATOR GLAZER AND I HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE TOGETHER WHERE WE
ATTENDED MANY MEETINGS, AND IT
WAS JUST REFRESHING TO SEE IT
WASN'T JUST AN GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS, BUT PRETTY MUCH
EVERYWHERE WE WENT. IT WAS, IT
WAS NORMALIZED. THAT WAS
EXPECTED AND EVERYONE JUST DID
IT. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD MY
VOICE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, AND
IT WAS INCREDIBLE. NOT JUST THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BUT THE LANGUAGE
. THEY WOULD START WITH THEIR
THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, AND THEN
THEY WOULD TRANSITION INTO
ENGLISH, WHICH AGAIN. WE HAVE A
LONG WAY TO CATCH UP. SO I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE IT WAS
SPECIAL TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR FIRST PEOPLE
AND HOW MUCH THEY PAY DEFERENCE
TO THEIR CULTURE, AND THEY ALLOW
THEM TO EVEN HAVE A ROOM IN
THEIR CAPITAL, WHERE THEY CAN
DISPLAY EVERYTHING THAT THEY
HAVE FROM HISTORY AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I JUST WANT TO
HAVE MY VOICE AND SAY THAT I'M
REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
THANK YOU. GREAT WE HAVE A
MOTION BY SENATOR ARCHULETTA.
THE MOTION IS THE RESOLUTION BE
ADOPTED AND RE REFER TO THE
FLOOR SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. I WILK. ALVARADO GIL
ALVARADO. GUILT I ARCHULETTA?
AYE ASHBY DE I, BRADFORD. YES
ALRIGHT, BRADFORD. I GLASER I
JONES WHEN. LIKE I'M SORRY, I
WHEN I KOBO. IMPORTANTE NO
WARRANTY NÓI ROSS RUBIO RUBIO. I
SEE ARDO BILL HAS 10 VOTES WILL
HOLD THAT BILL. OPEN MINUTES.
WHAT'S THAT? PROVIDE MINUTES.
FIVE MINUTES. I SAID FIVE
MINUTES I DID. SO FOR THOSE WHO
MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY
HERE, AND YOUR STATS ARE
LISTENING OR YOU'RE LISTENING.
YOU WANT TO ADD ON TO THIS
RESOLUTION, YOU'VE GOT TO BE
HERE IN ROOM 1200. WITHIN FIVE
MINUTES, WHICH I HAVE WOULD BE 9
51. ALRIGHT THAT IS GREAT,
PERFECT.
THE COLLEGES THAT HAVE. SENATOR
JONES, SENATOR KOBO GTA SENATOR
PETITE PADILLA. AND SENATOR
SEYARTO. YOU HAVE A MINUTE 40
SECONDS BEFORE WE CLOSED THE
ROLE. THAT YEAH, I'M FINE, OKAY.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE WELCOME.
OKAY? SOMEONE'S GOTTA MATT.
OKAY, DO THE ROLE. SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ABSENT
MEMBERS, WILK JONES, KOBO
SEYARTO D¯ÚI 11 0 THAT BUILDS 11
0 AND THAT BILL IS OUT. OKAY WE
WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE
INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS, YOU KNOW
, ONCE AGAIN GOOD MORNING. I'M
SENATOR BILL DODD, CHAIRMAN OF
THE SENATE GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. TODAY WE
WERE HOLDING INFORMATIONAL
HEARINGS ON TRIBAL COMPACT
EXTENSIONS AS WELL AS FIVE
TRIBAL STATE COMPACTS WILL BEGIN
WITH THE TRIBAL COMPACT
EXTENSION HEARING FOLLOWED IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY FIVE
TRIBAL STATE GAMING COMPACTS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA. FOR THOSE
OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SENSE
PROCEDURE. THIS THE ESTABLISHED
POLICY ALLOWS FOR AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON THE
DETAILS OF THE CONTACT TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A VOTE ON THE SENATE
FLOOR. NO VOTE WILL BE TAKEN
HERE TODAY AS AN EXAMPLE THE
BILL RATIFYING ALL FIVE TRIBAL
STATE COMPACTS WILL BE SB 771 BY
YOURS TRULY ASSUMING EVERYTHING
GOES SMOOTHLY. SV 771 WILL SOON
BE AMENDED WITH RATIFYING THE
LANGUAGE FOR ALL FIVE COMPACTS
AND TAKEN UP ON THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR. WHAT'S THAT BILL COMES TO
THE SENATE. THE BILL WILL BE
REFERRED STRAIGHT TO THE SENATE
FLOOR FOR A VOTE OF THE FOURTH
SENATE BODY. WITH THAT. LET'S
BEGIN WITH OUR INFORMATIONAL
HEARINGS ON EXTENSION TO THE
1999 9 COMPACTS AND HEAR FROM
OUR WITNESS, NATHAN VOCALLY.
THEY GET THAT RIGHT AGAIN AFTER
SO MANY TIMES. UM SENIOR ADVISOR
FOR TRIBAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR
GOVERNOR NEWSOM. MR. VOCALLY
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BEGIN. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
NATHAN VOCALLY. I'M THE SENIOR
ADVISER FOR TRAVEL NEGOTIATIONS
FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. I'D
LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE
TIME TO GO OVER THESE AMENDMENTS
TO EXTEND THE COMPACTS FOR 22
TRIBES TO DECEMBER 31ST 2024.
THE TRIBES WITH PROPOSED
EXTENSIONS. TODAY I'LL HAVE
COMPACTS THAT WERE SIGNED IN
1999 OR 2000. I'LL GENERALLY
REFER TO ALL OF THESE AS 1999
COMPACTS. THE 1999 COMPACTS WERE
FOR AN INITIAL 20 YEAR TERM WITH
THE NEXT WITH THE TERMINATION
DATE OF DECEMBER. 31ST 2020 THEY
WERE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED BY
THEIR OWN TERMS TO JUNE 30TH
2022. LAST YEAR, THE STATE AND
EACH OF THESE TRIBES AGREED TO
EXTEND THEIR 1999 COMPACTS TO
DECEMBER 31ST 2023. MANY OF
THESE TRIBES HAVE SIGNED NEW
COMPACTS, FIVE OF WHICH WERE
HERE TODAY THAT ARE BEFORE THE
LEGISLATURE FOR RATIFICATION.
OTHERS MAY HAVE ONGOING
LITIGATION THAT IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE RESOLVED UNTIL LATER THIS
YEAR NEXT YEAR. AS A RESULT, THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AGREED WITH
THESE 22 TRIBES TO EXTEND THEIR
1999 COMPACTS ONE MORE YEAR TO
DECEMBER. 31ST 2024. BECAUSE
THESE EXTENSIONS ARE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 1999 COMPACTS
FOR PURPOSES OF STATE LAW. THE
EXTENSIONS MUST BE RATIFIED BY
THE LEGISLATURE. THE EXTENSIONS
, HOWEVER, DO NOT REQUIRE THE
APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PURSUANT TO FEDERAL REGULATIONS
. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR BODLEY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS? IS THERE ANYTHING
PREVENTING FOR THE GOVERNOR OR
IN IN TERMS OF THE RULES TO
EXTEND ONCE AGAIN BETWEEN NOW
AND 20 24TH. HE SEES THAT THAT'S
AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO FOR THE
TRIBE TO TRIBE IN THE STATE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AGREES TO
EXTEND THE COMPACTS AGAIN THEY
CAN DO SO IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE
MUTUAL AGREEMENT. OKAY WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO ANYONE WANTING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S
BEGIN WITH ANY WITNESSES HERE IN
THIS ROOM. SEEING NOBODY COME
FORWARD WILL MOVE TO WITNESSES
WAITING TO PROVIDE, UM, ANY
OPPOSITION. SEEMS OKAY. SO NOW
WE'LL MOVE ON TO WHAT WITNESSES
WAITING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE. MODERATOR IF YOU CAN
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT, PLEASE OPEN THE LINES
AND CALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
INDIVIDUALLY. CERTAINLY THANK
YOU AGAIN, PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. IF SO, IT 10. AND
CURRENTLY NOTHING QUÊ. OKAY UM,
HAVING HEARD OR NOT HEARD, WHICH
IS THE CASE HERE TODAY FROM UM
THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT
CONCLUDES OUR INFORMATIONAL
HEARING ON THE COMPACT
EXTENSIONS. THANKS THANK YOU. MR
BROADLY FOR THAT NOW WE'LL MOVE
ON TO THE KETO COMPACT, MR
VOGEL. E FEEL FREE TO BEGIN WHEN
YOU'RE READY. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR CHAIR NATHAN
VOCALLY FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE
COMPACT WITH THE COTTO TRIBE.
BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO
THANKS. EXTEND THINGS TO TRIBAL
CHAIR NORRIS AND HER TEAM
WORKING TO BRING THIS TO
COMPLETION. I'LL GIVE A BRIEF
BACKGROUND ON CLASS THREE GAMING
IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN GO OVER
THE SPECIFICS OF THIS COMPACT.
UNDER THE FEDERAL INDIAN GAMING
REGULATORY ACTOR, EGRET TRIBE
MAY OFFER SLOT MACHINES AND
OTHER CLASS THREE GAMES THAT ARE
PERMITTED IN THE STATE IF THE
TRIBE HAS NEGOTIATED A CLASS
THREE GAMING COMPACT GROW
BROADLY LIMITS COMPACTS TO
SUBJECTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE
OPERATION OF GAMING ACTIVITIES.
CLASS THREE GAMING UNDER A
COMPACT IS LIMITED TO INDIAN
LANDS. CALIFORNIA VOTERS IN 2000
AND APPROVED PROPOSITION ONE, A
AMENDING THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT TRIBES
OPERATE SLOT MACHINES, BANKING
AND PERCENTAGE CARD GAMES AND
LOTTERY GAMES. THE GOVERNOR IS
AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE TRIBAL
STATE COMPACTS SUBJECT TO
RATIFICATION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
ONCE RATIFIED COMPACT GETS
SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF
THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
FOR 45 DAY REVIEW. DURING THAT
TIME, THE SECRETARY CAN IMPROVE
THE COMPACT DISAPPROVE THE
COMPACT OR NOT ACT ON IT, IN
WHICH CASE IT IS DEEMED
APPROVED. THE COMPACT BEFORE THE
LEGISLATURE WILL REPLACE THE
KYOTO TRIBES CURRENT COMP ACT,
WHICH WAS SIGNED IN 1999. THIS
IS THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT
REPLACING THE TRIBES 1999
COMPACT. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
AND THE TRIBE PREVIOUSLY
NEGOTIATED A COMPACT IN 2021,
BUT IT WASN'T RATIFIED BECAUSE
OF DISAPPROVAL BY THE U. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR
THREE COMPACTS EARLIER THAT
YEAR. THERE'S NEW COMPACT
REFLECTS THE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT NATURE OF THE TRIBAL
STATE RELATIONSHIP AND INCLUDES
A REVISED PROVISIONS MODELED IN
PART ON CALIFORNIA COMPACTS
APPROVED BY INTERIOR LAST YEAR.
THE COMPACT TERM IS FOR 25 YEARS
AND INCLUDES FORCE MAJEURE
LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS REDUCED
OPERATIONS OR CLOSURES FROM
PANDEMICS, WILDFIRES AND OTHER
EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE TRIBES
CONTROL. THE TRIBE HAS THE RIGHT
TO NEGOTIATE AN AMENDMENT IF
TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA GAINED THE
RIGHT TO OPERATE A NEW FORM OF
CLASS THREE GAMING OR LOSE THEIR
EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TOP RATE GAMING
DEVICES COMPACT INCLUDES
STANDARD CONTROLS FOR FAIR PLAY
HONESTY AND THE INTEGRITY OF
GAMING OPERATIONS. THESE INCLUDE
FACILITY AND EMPLOYEE LICENSING
, GIVING DEVICE TESTING AND
INSPECTIONS AND TRIBAL GAMING
REGULATIONS WITH INTERNAL
CONTROL STANDARDS. MINORS UNDER
18, OR PROHIBITED FROM GAMING
AND THOSE UNDER 21 WILL BE A
LIMITED FROM BEING PRESENT IN
AREAS WHERE ALCOHOL IS SERVED,
EXCEPT AS ALLOWED UNDER
CALIFORNIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
CONTROL LICENSE. TRIBE AGREED TO
PROVIDE A NON SMOKING AREA AND
BEST AVAILABLE VENTILATION IN
THE CASE OF NEW OR SIGNIFICANTLY
RENOVATED AREAS OF THE CASINO.
LICCARDO TRIBE RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF ITS RED
FOX CASINO, WHICH IT OPERATED
UNDER THE TERMS OF ITS 1999
COMPACT. UNDER THIS COMPACT, THE
TRIBE REMAINS ELIGIBLE FOR AN
ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF 1.1
MILLION FROM THE REVENUE SHARING
TRUST FUND AND FOR GRANTS
THROUGH THE TRIBAL NATION GRANT
FUND AS LONG AS IT OPERATES LESS
THAN 350 SLOT MACHINES. IF THE
TRIBE RESUMES GAMING, THE
COMPACT ALLOWS THE TOP RIGHT UP
TO THREE GAMING FACILITIES AND
1200 GAMING DEVICES. ON LANDS
ELIGIBLE FOR GAMING. AS OF THE
COMPACT EXECUTION DATE AND
IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPACT, THE
TRIBE WILL HAVE NO REQUIREMENTS
TO PAY INTO THE REVENUE SHARING
TRUST FUND. THE TRIBE COMMITTED
TO PAYING INTO THIS SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTION FUND, ITS PRO
RADISH SHARE OF THE STATE'S
REGULATORY COSTS. HOWEVER
HOWEVER, THIS AMOUNT MAY BE
REDUCED OR ELIMINATED UNDER
STATE LAW WHEN THERE ARE
SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTION FUND. THE COMPACT
ALSO ADDRESSES HEALTH SAFETY AND
LABOR PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES
AND VISITORS TRIBE COMMITTED TO
PAYING ITS EMPLOYEES AT LEAST
EQUIVALENT TO THE STATE'S
MINIMUM WAGE AND TO MAINTAINING
AND COMPLYING WITH THE TRIBAL
LABOR RELATIONS ORDINANCE, OR T.
L R O THE T L R O IN THIS
COMPACT IS THE SAME AS THAT IN A
PRIOR RATIFIED COMPACT AND WILL
REPLACE THE TRIBES TEAL ROO FROM
ITS 1999 COMPACT. THE T L R O
TAKES EFFECT WHEN THE TRIBE
EMPLOYEES 250 OR MORE PEOPLE AT
ITS GAMING RELATED FACILITIES,
NOT COUNTING TRIBAL MEMBERS. IT
INCLUDES VARIOUS TRIBAL
COMMITMENTS IF A LABOR
ORGANIZATION AGREES TO THE TERMS
OF THE T. L. R O AS A BILATERAL
CONTRACT. BASED ON THE MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GAMING
DEVICES. THE GOVERNOR AND TRIBE
AGREED TO LOWER INSURANCE
AMOUNTS RELATIVE TO THE TRIBES
PRIOR COMPACT FOR TOWARDS AN
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY,
THE TRIBE WILL BE OBLIGATED TO
MAINTAIN A GENERAL LIABILITY
POLICY FOR $2 MILLION PER
OCCURRENCE, 5 MILLION IN THE
AGGREGATE AND A POLICY OF 2
MILLION PER OCCURRENCE TO
PROTECT AGAINST CLAIMS OF
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION,
HARASSMENT RETALIATION. THE
COMPACT ALSO PROVIDES THE TRIBE
GREATER DISCRETION AND
ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES FOR
ANY CLAIMS. THE TRIBE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AGREED TO A
LOCAL MITIGATION APPROACH IN
THIS COMPACT SIMILAR TO THAT
APPROVED ANOTHER COMPACTS THIS
YEAR. NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT IS
REQUIRED. INSTEAD THE TRIBE IF
IT OPERATES, 350, OR MORE GAMING
DEVICES, WILL SET ASIDE ONE HALF
OF 1% OF ITS NET NGUYEN INTO AN
IMPACT MITIGATION FUND. IT WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING
IMPACTS OF ITS GAMING FACILITIES
AND MITIGATING THOSE IMPACTS
THROUGH DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THAT
IMPACT MITIGATION FUND TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, EMERGENCY SERVICES
AND SERVICE AGENCIES. FINALLY
THE COMPACT INCLUDES A DISPUTE
RESOLUTION PROCESS TO ADDRESS
ANY ALLEGED BREACH AND TO
ENFORCE COMPACT TERMS. THE
COMPACT IS STRUCTURED TO
ENCOURAGE GOOD FAITH
NEGOTIATIONS TO RESOLVE
DISAGREEMENTS BUT ALLOWS FOR
COURT RESOLUTION IF NECESSARY.
THIS COMPACT IS A CULMINATION OF
AN EXTENSIVE WORK BY THE TRIBE
AND GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO REPLACE
THE KYOTO TRIBES. 1999 COMPACT.
AND FACILITATE THE TRIBES
ONGOING DEVELOPMENT. I'LL BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE ABOUT IT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS. I
HAVE A COUPLE OF IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT COMPACT IS
ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THREE OTHER
COMPACTS THAT WE'RE HEARING
TODAY. THOSE WE MANCHESTER WHERE
IS HE? RESIDENT NHIÀU VALLEY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW THAT CAME TO BE? WAS THAT
JUST A COINCIDENCE? OR WERE THEY
KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER ON
THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPACTS? I
CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH EACH OF THOSE
TRIBES. BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK
YOU SEE THIS THROUGHOUT. A LOT
OF THESE COMPACTS HAVE SIMILAR
PROVISIONS BECAUSE PARTICULARLY
AFTER THE CHICKEN RANCH DECISION
WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WAYS. TO
IMPROVE THOSE COMPACTS AND HAVE
THEM IMPROVED BY THE SECRETARY
OF INTERIOR. SO THAT'S REFLECTED
HERE WHERE YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE
SIMILAR PROVISIONS CARRY THROUGH
THROUGHOUT. ONE FINAL QUESTION
IS THESE ARE ALL OPERATING WELL
BELOW THE 1200 GAMING DEVICES
THAT THE COMPACTS ALLOW. OH WHAT
IS IT IN THE COMPACT THAT PUTS
THAT NUMBER OUT THERE. IN TERMS
OF THE TOTAL. THE MAXIMUM 1200
JUST FOR CONTEXT. THE 1999
COMPACTS ALLOWED TRIBES TO
OPERATE UP TO 2000, BUT THERE
CAN CONCURRENT COMMITMENTS
RELATIVE TO FEES AND PAYMENTS IN
THIS CASE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE NEGOTIATED WAS A MAXIMUM
OF 1200 GAMING DEVICES,
FOREGOING REVENUE SHARING TRUST
FUND FEES. BEING PAID INTO THAT
BUT WAS STILL COLLECTING SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTION FUND FEES IF THOSE
AREN'T ABLE TO BE REDUCED OR
ELIMINATED, BUT THE REALITY IS
ALL FOUR OF THESE TRIBES ARE
EITHER NOT OPERATING CURRENTLY
OR WELL UNDER THE 349 DEVICE
THAT WOULD TRIGGER A LOT OF
THOSE PROVISIONS. THANK YOU
BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO
ANYBODY LISTENING FROM THE COTTO
DRIVE FOR MISPRONOUNCING THAT AT
THE TOP OF THE HEARING HERE, SO
LET'S BE BEGIN WITH ANY
WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM 1200. IS
THERE ANY WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM
1200? OKAY? UM SEEING THAT WILL
MOVE ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATED
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE PRESS 10 TÌM.
CURRENTLY NONE IN QUÊ. THANK YOU
, MODERATOR. I APPRECIATE THAT,
HAVING HEARD ALL OR NOT PUBLIC
TESTIMONY MEMBERS THERE ANY
FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
REGARDING THIS COMPACT? SEEING
NONE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE WE
HAVE HYPE. COMPACT MR VOGEL,
PLEASE PROCEED WHEN READY. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR, THANKS ALSO TO
TRAVEL CHAIR PINTO AND HIS
NEGOTIATION TEAM, INCLUDING VICE
CHAIR GARCIA, WHO'S HERE TODAY
WITH US RATHER THAN GOING OVER
THIS COMPACT AND DETAIL. I'LL
FOCUS ON THOSE PROVISIONS THAT
VARY FROM THE TERMS I DESCRIBED
FOR THE COTTO COMPACT. THE BAND
HAS A 1999 COMPACT, BUT IT'S
NEVER OPENED A CASINO. IN
RECOGNITION OF THIS, THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AGREED TO
ALLOW THE TRIBE TO ESTABLISH UP
TO TWO GAMING FACILITIES ON ANY
OF ITS LAND THAT HAS HELD
INTEREST AND ELIGIBLE FOR GAMING
UNDER IGRA IN ORDER TO MITIGATE
LOCAL IMPACTS, THE TRIBE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AGREED THAT
THE TRIBE WOULD SET ASIDE ONE
QUARTER OF 1% OF ITS NET WIN FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, ANOTHER PUBLIC
AGENCIES AND CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS IMPACTED BY THE
FACILITY. THIS AMOUNT APPLIES
REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF
DEVICES. THE TRIBE OPERATES.
TRIBAL LABOR RELATIONS ORDINANCE
IN THIS COMPACT IS SUBSTANCES
SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THAT OF
THE KATA TRIBE FOR MORE CLOSELY
RESEMBLES THE TL ROW AND THE
COMPACT WITH THE MIDDLETOWN
RANCHERIA RATIFIED EARLIER THIS
YEAR. THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY
DIFFERENCES AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO,
UH MR. MR VOCALLY, I THINK THAT
I DO HAVE A QUESTION. ARE THERE
ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THIS
COMPACT COMPARED TO THE FOUR
COMPACTS THAT WE'RE HEARING
TODAY? THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCES I
MENTIONED WOULD RELATE TO THE
LOCAL MITIGATION IMPACT PAYMENTS
. SO FOR THE OTHER TRIBES, THE
TRIBES DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION
UNTIL THEY HIT 349 ARE MORE THAN
349 DEVICES. AT WHICH POINT THEY
WE'VE AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE ONE
HALF OF 1. TO LOCAL MITIGATION.
IN THIS CASE, THE TRIBE
REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF
OPERATIONS, WOULD BE
CONTRIBUTING TO ONE QUARTER OF
1% EVEN IF IT'S ON THOSE UNDER
THAT 349 OR LESS GAMING DEVICE
THRESHOLD, AND THEN THE OTHER
PROVISIONS IS THE TYPE OF LAND
THAT THE TRIBE COULD OPERATE ON
UNDER THOSE OTHER FOUR COMPACTS
, THE TRIBES ARE LIMITED TO THE
LAND THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN
TRUST, INELIGIBLE FOR GAMING. IN
THE CASE OF THE WE APPLY BAND,
THE LANGUAGE MIMICS THE LANGUAGE
THAT WAS IN THE 1999 COMPACT,
RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAVEN'T
OPERATED A FACILITY AT ALL UNDER
THAT COMPACT AND WOULD ALLOW
THEM TO OPERATE GAMING ON ANY
LAND THAT IS TAKEN INTO TRUST
FOR GAMING FOR THEM. THANK YOU.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE WHEEL
PIPE VICE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL
GARCIA WHO ARE WHO IS HERE TODAY
? WELCOME THANK YOU FOR COMING
TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BEGIN
. GOOD MORNING, UM, HONORABLE
COMMITTEE CHAIR BILL DODD,
HONORABLE VICE CHAIR SCOTT WILK
AND HONORABLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
SITTING HERE TODAY AND LISTENING
TO ME, AND I THINK THE SENATOR
JONES FOR ALWAYS WORKING WITH
US. UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS
MICHAEL GARCIA. I AM THE VICE
CHAIRMAN FOR THE WE HAPPY BAND
OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS, A FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF WE
APPLY VICE CHAIR OR EXCUSE ME.
CHAIRMAN ROBERT PINTO, SENIOR I
AM PLEASED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE'S FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENTS
EXTENDING THE TRIBAL STATE
COMPACTS ARE GAMING COMPACTS OF
1999, INCLUDING THE WEEPY
AMENDMENT AND THE 2023 TRIBAL
STATE GAMING COMPACTS BETWEEN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND FIVE
TRIBES, INCLUDING THE WEEPY
BANDS. 2023 COMBAT. THE
COMMITTEE'S ACTION TODAY ALSO
ADVANCES THE INTERESTS AND
POLICIES OF OUR MUTUAL
COMMUNITIES. AND REGIONS. WE
APPLY AS A NON GAMING TRIBE AND
THE BENEFICIARY OF THE REVENUE
SHARING TRUST FUND AND TRIBAL
NATIONS GRANT FUND. UM, YOUR
ACTIONS TODAY AND PASSING THESE
BILLS OUT OF COMMITTEE WILL
ULTIMATELY LEAD TO ENACTMENT AND
THE CERTAINTY OF OUR TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP AS AS FAR AS OUR
NEEDS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS
AFFECTING OUR NEXT GENERATIONS.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
PASSING THESE BILLS OUT OF
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONS. SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON
PRONOUNCING. WE APPLY RIGHT? I
KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT TASK FOR
MOST PEOPLE, GREAT STAFF WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN. ANY MEMBERS WISHING TO
ASK QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIRMAN. I
DO HAVE ONE FOR YOU. HOW CLOSE
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO OPENING
UP A CASINO AND WHAT TYPE OF
SERVICES AS A TRIBE PLANNING TO
PROVIDE WHAT'S THE CASINO OPENS?
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING
RIGHT AWAY ONCE WE ATTRACT SOME
, I GUESS SOME FINANCIAL
INTERESTS WE CAN PROBABLY MOVE
FORWARD AND HAVE A MORE CERTAIN
TIME AND DAY. WE CAN DO THAT IN
. UM JEEZ, THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT HELPING OUT OUR COMMUNITY
AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE
PRETTY VAST. RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WE'RE THINKING HEALTHCARE, UM
AND YOU KNOW, PROBABLY EDUCATION
, ANOTHER HOUSING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. SENATOR JONES HAS TO
WORK A LITTLE HARDER. MAYBE VICE
CHAIRMAN GARCIA COULD SHARE WHAT
YOU'RE ALREADY DOING FOR THE
COMMUNITY ON YOUR CURRENT
RESERVATION. LAND YEAH, THE
PARCEL THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED
IS THE HOME FOR SOUTHERN INDIAN
HEALTH COUNCIL AND WE STARTED IN
PROBABLY 1986. AND WE'VE GOTTEN
TO A POINT WHERE THE FACILITY IS
BECOMING A LITTLE OVERGROWN
BUSTING AT THE SEAMS, AND WE
HOPE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
US A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW
FACILITY BUILT FOR SOUTHERN
INDIAN HEALTH COUNCIL. SO THAT'S
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE WANT TO
CONSIDER. THANK YOU. GOOD
QUESTION. SENATOR JONES
APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY THANK YOU
. VICE CHAIR. I WILL NOW MOVE TO
MARIO. YOU'D INDIA WESTERN
REGIONAL POLITICAL DIRECTOR WITH
UNITED HERE WHO I BELIEVE IS ON
ZOOM. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN DONALD
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MORNING DEVICE.
CHAIRMAN GARCIA AND MR BUCKLEY
AS WELL, INDEED, I'M MARIO.
YOU'D IDEA THE WESTERN REGIONAL
POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR UNITED
HERE, THE CASINO WORKER UNION IN
NORTH AMERICA, REMEMBER? ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY PEOPLE OF COLOR
IMMIGRANTS AND WOMEN IN
CALIFORNIA. WE REPRESENT 6000
WORKERS ACROSS 10 TRAVEL CASINOS
, UM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS, ENSURE DIGNITY,
RESPECT AND FAIR WAGES AND
BENEFITS. AND WE'RE HERE THIS
MORNING AH TO VOICED STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE CONTACT OF THE
IMPACT BAND. WE HOPE THE
LEGISLATURE CAN APPROVE IT
WITHOUT DELAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU, MR YOU'D IDEA,
UH NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ANYONE
WANTING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THIS PUBLIC ON THIS
COMPACT. ANYBODY IN ROOM 1200
SEEING NONE. WELL NOW AND MOVE
ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATOR
WITH IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT. CHARLIE THANK
YOU AGAIN. THIS 10 AT THIS TIME,
PLEASE. PRESS 10. AND CURRENTLY
WE HAVE NOBODY IN QUÊ. OKAY
SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, VICE
CHAIRMAN GARCIA FOR BEING HERE
TO TODAY AND. I WISH YOU ALL THE
BEST MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU,
MR VOGEL. LEE IS THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS HERE,
SEE NONE. WE WILL NOW. MOVE. UM
ONTO THE MANCHESTER COMPACT. MR
VOGEL. IF YOU'LL PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO BEGIN. THANK YOU,
EVERYONE. THE MANCHESTER BAND OF
POMO INDIANS IS A LIMITED GAMING
TRIBE, LOCATED IN MENDOCINO
COUNTY, OPERATING UNDER 150 SLOT
MACHINES. THE COMPACT BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE IS SUBSTANTIVELY THE
SAME AS THE COMPACT WITH THE
COTTO TRIBE THAT I DESCRIBED
EARLIER IT ALLOWS FOR UP TO 1200
GAMING DEVICES AT THREE
FACILITIES IF THE TRIBE OPERATES
OVER 350 SLOT MACHINES, IT WILL
DISTRIBUTE ONE HALF OF 1% OF ITS
NET NGUYEN TO MITIGATE THE LOCAL
IMPACTS. THIS COMPACT CANNOT
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT OF TRIBAL
CHAIR JUST TISH JONES AND HER
TEAM AND I'M AGAIN REMAIN
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS SEEING NONE WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO ANYONE WANTING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S
BEGIN IN 1200 SEEING NONE WILL
MOVE TO THE WITNESSES WAITING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE
MODERATOR. THANK YOU AGAIN, IT'S
10. AND CURRENTLY, NOBODY IN Q
AT THIS TIME. HAVE YOU HEARD ALL
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY MEMBERS?
ARE THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR
COMPACT COMMENTS ON THE
MANCHESTER COMPACT? SEEING THAT
WILL MOVE ON TO THE RESIGNATION
. E COMPACT, MR VOGEL LEÓN
AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
RESIGNATION RANCHER IS LOCATED
IN SOUTHERN DEL NORTE COUNTY
PREVIOUSLY OPERATED SLOT
MACHINES UNDER ITS 1999 COMPACT
. IT CURRENTLY IS A NON GAMING
TRIBE. ZUCCHINI RANCHERIA
COMPACT TRACKS THAT FOR THE KOTA
TRIBE AND THE MANCHESTER BAND
THAT I PREVIOUSLY WENT OVER,
THERE WAS SLIGHT VARIATION,
REFLECTING PRIMARILY THE FACT
THAT THE TRIBE IS NOT CURRENTLY
GAMING. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
SUPPORT OF TRIBAL CHAIR PHªN
MURPHY AND HER TEAM. AND
NEGOTIATING THE COMPACT. THANK
YOU QUESTIONS. SEEING THEN LET'S
BEGIN WITH WITNESSES AND 1200.
THERE IS NONE. MODERATOR IF YOU
WOULD PROMPT INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THERE ARE ANY THANK YOU AGAIN.
IT'S 10 AT THIS TIME. NANNAN QUÊ
CURRENTLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MODERATOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM MANY MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE SEEN NONE. WILL MOVE
ON NOW TO THE SHERWOOD VALLEY
COMPACT. MR VOGEL E. PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO BEGIN. THANK YOU.
SHERWOOD VALLEY RANCH AREA ALSO
LIMITED GAMING TRIBE OPERATING
LESS THAN 200 SLOT MACHINES AT
ITS FACILITY IN MENDOCINO
COUNTY. TWO TRIBES COMPACT
TRACKS THAT OF THE KATA TRIBE,
SO I WON'T GO INTO FURTHER
DETAILS HERE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND
DEDICATION THAT THE TRIBE PUT
TOWARDS REACHING AGREEMENT. THIS
TRIBE LIKE THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE
DISCUSSED TODAY HAVE VERY LITTLE
RESOURCES AND NEGOTIATING. THESE
COMPACTS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT BY THE TRIBE IN THEIR
FUTURE. THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON
HAZEL RAMIREZ PRIOR CHAIR
MELANIE RAFFIN IN AND THEIR TEAM
FOR REACHING AGREEMENT. OKAY
MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS SEE? NONE
MOVE ONTO PUBLIC COMMENT. NOBODY
HERE IN ROOM 1200 WISHING TO
TESTIFY, MODERATOR. LET'S MOVE
ON TO WITNESSES, IF ANY WAITING
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK
YOU AGAINST 10 AT THIS TIME.
MHM. APPARENTLY WE HAVE NOBODY
IN. Q THANK YOU, MODERATOR,
HAVING HEARD ALL THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY
FINAL QUESTIONS? SEE? NONE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS
OR AGAIN NOT TO CALLED IN TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY. I PERSONALLY
WANTED TO THANK MR VOGEL E. FOR
ALL HIS WORK ON THESE COMPACTS
THAT WAS VERY AMAZING WORK IF
YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO TESTIFY VIA
THE TELECONFERENCE SERVICE,
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS OR
SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE WANT
TO INCLUDE YOUR TESTIMONY AND
THE OFFICIAL HEARING RECORDS,
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. IS
ADJOURNED.