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California Amendments Would Control Casino Spread18 March 2005CALIFORNIA – As reported by the Berkeley Daily Planet: "Three new measures designed to control the spread of casinos took forward steps this week, including one federal law and two proposed amendments to the California Constitution. "The federal measure, which was debated Thursday in the House Resources Committee, is the brainchild of U.S. Rep Richard Pombo, chair of the House Resources Committee. His 6th District includes the southwest portion of San Joaquin County and parts of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. "Oakland City Councilmember Jean Quan attended Thursday's hearing to testify about the impact of casinos on her city and the East Bay. "Pombo's proposal would restrict off-reservation casinos to 'Indian Economic Opportunity Zones,' restricted to a maximum of two per state. "…In California, two proposed constitutional amendments calling for a moratorium on new casino construction are in the works, one jointly sponsored by Bay Area Assemblymembers Joe Nation and Loni Hancock, and the other by a collection of local elected officials spearheaded by Fairfax City Councilmember Frank Eggers. "…Nation's amendment would bar the governor from concluding any new tribal gambling compacts until January 2008 and inaugurate a 13-member commission to examine issues of local governmental control, social and economic impacts and the possible consolidation of several tribes into one casino operation…" |