10:00 PM PST on Tuesday, January 16, 2007Tribes meet over gaming issues
PECHANGA CASINO: Planned discussion topics include addiction and the state's energy needs.
PECHANGA CASINO: Planned discussion topics include addiction and the state's energy needs.
By MICHELLE DeARMOND
The Press-Enterprise
The state's largest tribal organization is meeting this week in the Temecula area, where Indian leaders and state and federal officials plan to talk about gaming and other key issues.
Anthony Miranda, chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are scheduled to speak today at the opening ceremonies.
Miranda, a member of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, will deliver the state of the tribal nations address at the Pechanga Resort & Casino near Temecula.
The annual Western Indian Gaming Conference comes as several Inland tribes await legislative approval of gaming agreements they signed in August with Gov. Schwarzenegger that would allow them to expand their casinos. Lawmakers failed to ratify the agreements with four Inland tribes and one San Diego County tribe last year. Other deals, including a two-casino plan for Barstow, also remain unratified.
The gaming agreements, known as compacts, can't take effect until the Legislature ratifies them and the U.S. Interior Secretary approves them.
Among the events planned for today is a panel discussion about Sacramento politics. A federal political report is scheduled for Thursday. Other discussion topics include problem gambling and the state's energy needs.
Gaming exhibits and panel discussions are planned for today and Thursday, and a private membership meeting for the California Nations Indian Gaming Association is planned Friday.
There are 68 California tribes in the association.
Reach Michelle DeArmond at 951-368-9441 or mdearmond@PE.com
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_casinos17.38234ef.html
The state's largest tribal organization is meeting this week in the Temecula area, where Indian leaders and state and federal officials plan to talk about gaming and other key issues.
Anthony Miranda, chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are scheduled to speak today at the opening ceremonies.
Miranda, a member of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, will deliver the state of the tribal nations address at the Pechanga Resort & Casino near Temecula.
The annual Western Indian Gaming Conference comes as several Inland tribes await legislative approval of gaming agreements they signed in August with Gov. Schwarzenegger that would allow them to expand their casinos. Lawmakers failed to ratify the agreements with four Inland tribes and one San Diego County tribe last year. Other deals, including a two-casino plan for Barstow, also remain unratified.
The gaming agreements, known as compacts, can't take effect until the Legislature ratifies them and the U.S. Interior Secretary approves them.
Among the events planned for today is a panel discussion about Sacramento politics. A federal political report is scheduled for Thursday. Other discussion topics include problem gambling and the state's energy needs.
Gaming exhibits and panel discussions are planned for today and Thursday, and a private membership meeting for the California Nations Indian Gaming Association is planned Friday.
There are 68 California tribes in the association.
Reach Michelle DeArmond at 951-368-9441 or mdearmond@PE.com
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_casinos17.38234ef.html
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