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California tribe seeks casino land2 April 2008LAKE COUNTY, California – As reported by the Lake County Record Bee: "A Pomo Indian tribe with strong ties to Lake County is honing in on its goal after a four-year battle to receive approval from the feds for a casino plan on property in unincorporated Contra Costa County near North Richmond. After 30 days for the public to weigh in on a final environmental impact statement the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Friday it will file, the next step could be a federal decision on whether the Bay Area site qualifies as "restored land." "Restored land is what the Scotts Valley Pomo tribe claims the land is as part of the tribe's 10,000-plus page application to build the planned 225,000-square foot casino and five-story parking structure on approximately 30 acres the tribe's investors purchased. "…The Scotts Valley Pomo tribe's former Rancheria was in Lake County, its main office is in Lakeport and about half of the tribe's 219 members live in the area, with a portion of the members living in the Richmond area, Arnold said…" |