| Welcome to our special Web site devoted to providing the
public with all of the facts about the Sycuan Tribal Gaming Compact, our
amended agreement with the State of California that regulates how the Sycuan Band
of the Kumeyaay Nation can operate our gaming facility at the
Sycuan Resort and Casino*.
This site also provides information on the new Indian Gaming Agreements,
recently approved by Governor Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature
that will provide California with more than $9 billion in new revenue
over the next two decades-without raising taxes. Under these new Indian
Gaming Agreements, four Southern California tribes including Sycuan,
Agua Caliente, Morongo, and Pechanga, will pay a much higher percentage
of their net gaming revenues to the state, in exchange for being allowed
a limited expansion of slot machines on their existing tribal lands.
Governor Schwarzenegger stated that "these compacts will bring hundreds of
millions of dollars per year to the state in funds for education, health
care and public safety."
Predictably, certain special interests don't like the new
gaming agreements. The new agreements are opposed by one labor union that
wants easier rights to organize casino employees, a big Las Vegas casino
owner and two wealthy gaming tribes that are allowed to have unlimited slot
machines and don't want competition. They are spending millions on a referendum
effort to place the four new agreements on the February 2008 ballot and try to
convince voters to repeal them. If they get their way, the agreements will be
canceled - and our state will lose billions of dollars in new revenues and
thousands of jobs.
Earlier this year, hundreds of employees, neighbors and residents,
along with more than 60 prominent San Diego leaders and businesses endorsed the Sycuan
Tribal Gaming Compact. Now, with leadership from the Coalition to Protect California's Budget and
Economy, Sycuan is working to gather support for the new Indian Gaming Agreements for
all four of the tribes. We hope that the facts presented on this site will help you to make
an informed decision to join us in supporting the amended compact because of the
significant benefits it offers to our neighbors and to taxpayers throughout the region and the State.
For more information on the Coalition, please
visit www.YESforCalifornia.com
Thank you for your interest.
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