"The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' plan to build a 160-acre casino in Vallejo is drawing heightened scrutiny and now the pace of how the project can legally be developed is being questioned. Nearly three months ago the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians graded a project site in Vallejo to make way for a pair of modular trailers, repeatedly asserting that they were solely for tribal office use and not for casino purposes."
"The proposed casino Scotts Valley wants to build would include the construction of 24 single-family residences, a tribal administration building, a parking garage, and a 45-acre biological preserve area located within and adjacent to the city boundary in Solano County, near the intersection of Interstate 80 and Highway 37. The casino facility, at a cost of $700 million, would be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected Scotts Valley's efforts to invalidate the reconsideration process in October, and soon afterward the Department of the Interior acknowledged that its original approval of the proposed casino may have been based on legal error. It noted that evidence submitted by local tribes and others raise(s) questions about whether the project site qualifies for gaming."
"Underscoring the seriousness of those questions, McFadden stated that Scotts Valley would be ill-served by relying on the prior gaming eligibility determination while reconsideration is ongoing. Now the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is arguing that by placing Class II slot machines in its trailers, it's violating McFadden's ruling and the Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Vallejo. Scotts Valley isn't denying the claim of having slot machines in the trailer."
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians graded a Vallejo site and placed modular trailers the tribe said were for tribal office use, while another tribe contends the trailers house gaming. The 160-acre proposal would include 24 single-family homes, a tribal administration building, a parking garage, and a 45-acre biological preserve near Interstate 80 and Highway 37 in Solano County. The $700 million casino would operate 24/7. A federal judge rejected Scotts Valley's effort to block reconsideration, and the Department of the Interior acknowledged possible legal error in its earlier approval. Local tribes submitted evidence questioning whether the site qualifies for gaming.
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