\u201cWe look forward to continuing our work with the community of Elk Grove and the greater Sacramento region to create jobs, a great destination resort and to help our tribe achieve self-sufficiency,” he said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe tribe has around 750 members, among whom the unemployment rate is more than 60 percent. The average income falls well below the poverty line and a college graduation is just 14 percent, while some 38 percent of the tribe live without health insurance. The casino project promises to bring housing, healthcare, scholarships and other benefits for tribal members.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thank the governor for signing the ratification bill and applaud my colleagues in both the Assembly and the Senate for their vote in favor of the compact,\u201d said Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, who sponsored the bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Wilton Rancheria project is vital to the future prosperity of Elk Grove and will create thousands of good-paying jobs for the entire Sacramento region,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Unnamed DOI Employee Broke the Law, Says Lawsuit<\/strong><\/h2>\nBut the casino opponents\u2019 lawsuit claims that whoever authorized the placing of land into trust for the tribe at the Department of the Interior broke the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which states prohibits \u201cinferior [subordinate] officers from performing a function or duty reserved by statute or regulation to an office requiring nomination with advice and consent.”<\/p>\n
In asking for a summary motion, the plaintiffs are essentially asking to for a quick judgement which, they hope, could halt any movement on construction of the casino until the lawsuit is resolved one way or another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a bill ratifying a compact between the state and the Wilton Racheria Tribe of Milwok People that authorises the tribe to build a $400 million casino in Elk Grove. Also, today, it emerged that the casino\u2019s opponents had filed a motion for a summary judgement that seeks to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":60234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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