California Governor Gavin Newsom August 4 signed six tribal state gaming compacts. The compacts were between the State of California and Ione Band of Miwok Indians, the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians, the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and the Tule River Indian Tribe of California.
The governor also concurred with a U.S. Department of the Interior’s action to allow 40 acres in Tulare County to be put into trust for the Tule River Indian Tribe. The purpose is to allow the tribe to move its casino.
The six compacts including provisions for revenue sharing with non-gaming and limited gaming tribes by paying into the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund and the Tribal Nation Grant Fund.
