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Official Ballot Argument in Favor of Propositions 94, 95, 96 & 97
PROTECT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR IN OUR STATE BUDGET BY VOTING YES ON PROPS 94, 95, 96 & 97.
Under new Indian Gaming Revenue Agreements negotiated by the Governor and approved by bipartisan majorities of the Legislature, the Pechanga Band of Luiseños Indians, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians will pay a much higher percentage of their gaming revenues to the state.
At a time when California faces a budget crisis, these agreements will provide hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue each year – billions in the years ahead to help pay for public safety, education and other services.
Your YES vote on Props 94 through 97 preserves these agreements and protects the new revenues they provide. Voting NO would undo the agreements and force our state to lose billions.
A YES VOTE IN ENDORSED BY A BROAD COALITION, including:
OUR STATE FACES A BUDGET CRISIS – VOTING YES PROTECTS FUNDING FOR VITAL STATE SERVICES.
California faces mounting budget deficits. These agreements won’t solve our budget problems, but they provide vitally needed help.
The last thing we need is to cancel these new agreements and put our state billions of dollars further in the hole.
“Voting YES protects billions in new revenues to fund public safety, education and other vital services.”
- Sheldon Gilbert, President, California Fire Chiefs Association
VOTING YES KEEPS GAMING ON EXISTING TRIBAL LANDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – WHILE PROVIDING BENEFITS TO OUR ENTIRE STATE.
Props 94 through 97 will allow the tribes to add slot machines on their existing tribal lands in Riverside and San Diego Counties. In return, the tribes will pay increased revenues from these machines to the state to support services in communities statewide.
VOTING YES AUTHORIZES NEW PROTECTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CASINO EMPLOYEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
Key provisions in the agreements include:
- Increased state regulatory oversight through audits and random inspections.
- Strict new environmental standards for casino-related projects.
- Binding mitigation agreements that increase coordination between tribes and local governments, including compensation for law enforcement and fire services.
- Increased protections for casino workers, including the right to unionize.
VOTING YES BENEFITS CALIFORNIA TRIBES AND OUR ECONOMY.
The agreements will create thousands of new jobs for Indians and non-Indians.
Also, under the new agreements, these tribes will share tens of millions of dollars from their revenues with tribes that have little or no gaming.
“Tribes throughout California support these agreements. They provide the state with much-needed new revenues, and provide smaller, non-gaming tribes with funding to help our people before self-reliant and to fund healthcare, education and other services on our reservations.”
- Chairman Raymond Torres, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
PROTECT OUR STATE BUDGET, PROTECT CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS, PROTECT VITAL SERVICES.
VOTE YES ON 94, 95, 96 AND 97.
Signed,
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jack O’Connell, California Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chief Gene Gantt, Legislative Director, California Fire Chiefs Association
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