California Governor Jerry Brown last week signed bills eight tribal state gaming compacts between the Golden State and the Barona Band of Mission Indians, Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Jamul Indian Village of California, Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Yurok Tribe.
Earlier in 2016 Brown signed bills ratifying compacts with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.
The bills supersede the compacts that many of these tribes signed in 1999 shortly after the voters of California approved of the constitutional amendment that legalized Las Vegas style gaming in the state.
The compacts Brown has pushed through in recent years put less emphasis on paying money into the state’s General Fund and more on environmental provisions, provisions allowing for unionization of the workforce and revenue sharing with non-gaming tribes.
