AND WE'VE BEEN GIVING CLEARANCE
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S
PATIENT. WANT TO GO AHEAD AND
START THE MEETING, THE ASSEMBLY
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER
UNDER READ THROUGH A FEW
HOUSEKEEPING THINGS A LITTLE BIT
QUICKLY. THE COLUMN. NUMBER OF
THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS 877692895
. 877692895 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS 1 TO 5011001. THE NUMBER CAN
ALSO BE FOUND ON THE COMMITTEE'S
WEBSITE AND IS NOW BEING
DISPLAYED ON YOUR SCREENS. FOR
THOSE CALLING IN PLEASE MUTE
YOURSELF WHILE YOU'RE IN THE
QUEUE TO ELIMINATE ANY
BACKGROUND NOISE WOULD BE PLACED
IN THE QUEUE UNTIL YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS?
PUBLIC COMMENTS, PRESS ONE. THEN
ZERO AND THEN MUTE YOURSELVES IN
ORDER TO SPEAK. PLEASE PLEASE BE
BRIEF LIMITING YOUR COMMENTS TO
YOUR NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. ONLY ON THE COMPACT
BEFORE US. THE PURPOSE OF
TODAY'S HEARING IS TO BE BRIEFED
ON THE 29 COMPACT EXTENSIONS FOR
THE 1999 TRIBAL STATE GAMING
COMPACTS, WHICH WERE RECENTLY
EXECUTED BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND EACH INDIVIDUAL
TRIBE, 26 TRIBES SIGNED AN 18
MONTH EXTENSION OR THREE TRIBES
AGREED TO A ONE YEAR EXTENSION
IN THERE 99 GAMING COMPACT
TERMS. IN NOVEMBER. 2021 THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS, DISAPPROVED CLASS THREE
GAMING COMPACTS FOR THREE GAMING
TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD
BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE STATE
AND RATIFIED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. THIS FEDERAL ACTION
CREATED UNCERTAINTY FOR THE
STATE AND THE TRIBES IN
DEVELOPING FUTURE CLASS THREE
GAMING COMPACTS. I WOULD HOPE
THAT THESE COMPACT EXTENSIONS
WILL AFFORD THIS THIS SUFFICIENT
TIME TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTY
CREATED BY THE RECENT
CONTRACTORS, APPROVALS AND ALLOW
THE STATE TO NEGOTIATE LONG TERM
COMPACTS WITH THE IMPACT OF
TRIBES. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THAT NO
FORMAL VOTE WILL BE TAKEN A DAY.
TODAY'S HEARING IS ONLY FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO BE BRIEFED ON THE
TERMS OF THE COMPACT AS THEY
CANNOT BE AMENDED BY THE
LEGISLATURE. SB 898 BY SENATOR
DODD IS THE RATIFICATION BUILT
FOR THE COMPACT EXTENSIONS AT
SOME POINT SOON SB 898 WILL BE
TAKEN UP FOR CONSIDERATION BY
THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE
LEGISLATURE. UH I'D LIKE TO OPEN
UP THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO
TOOK THE TIME TO ALSO BE HERE
THIS AFTERNOON TO MAKE ANY
OPENING REMARKS IF THEY WISH, SO. THAT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D
LIKE TO BEGIN THE HEARING. UH
AND MR WIGGLY, SENIOR ADVISER ON
TRIBAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FOR
GOVERNOR NEWSOME WOULD PROVIDE
WHAT GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE
TERMS OF THE COMPACT. EXTENSIONS
AND YOU MAY BEGIN AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN. I WAS GOING TO SAY
GOOD AFTERNOON, BUT I THINK IT
MAY BE GOOD EVENING. AT THIS
POINT. I APPRECIATE THE TIME
TODAY WITH YOU AND THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NATHAN
VOCALLY. I'M THE SENIOR ADVISOR.
TRIBAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR GOVERNOR
NEWSOM. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG
DAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
TIME TO GO OVER SB 8 98 AND
THESE AMENDMENTS. SB 8 98 WOULD
RATIFY 29 AMENDMENTS EXTENDING
COMPACT SIGNED WITH TRIBES IN
1999 AND 2000, WHICH I'LL
GENERALLY REFER TO AS THE 1999
COMPACTS. 26 TRIBES AGREED TO
EXTENSIONS FOR 18 MONTHS
DECEMBER 31ST 2023, OR THREE
TRIBES AGREED TO 12 MONTH
EXTENSIONS TO JUNE 30TH 2023.
I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THOSE 29
TRIBES WITH AMENDMENTS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE TODAY AND THEIR
CHAIRPERSONS. WELL, I THINK BY
AND LARGE THE STATE AND MANY, IF
NOT MOST OF THESE TRIBES WOULD
PREFER TO HAVE A NEW COMPACT IN
PLACE. THE EXTENSIONS REPRESENT
A REASONABLE COMPROMISE. I
MAINTAIN THE TRIBE'S ABILITY TO
CONTINUE TO LAWFULLY CONDUCT
CLASS THREE GAMING I'LL BEGIN
WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE
1999 COMPACTS DISCUSSED THE
PRIMARY REASON FOR THESE
EXTENSIONS, AND THEN I'LL WRAP
UP WITH THE PROCESS FOR
FINALIZING THE EXTENSIONS. BACK
IN 1999 AND 2000, THE STATE
ENTERED INTO 62 TRIBAL STATE
GAMING COMPACTS WITH TRIBES IN
CALIFORNIA PURSUANT TO THE
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT.
COMPACTS WERE CONTINGENT ON AND
WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNLESS
CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED
PROPOSITION AMENDING THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
AUTHORIZED TRIBES TO CONNECT
CERTAIN FORMS OF CLASS THREE
GAMING. IN MARCH. 2000 THE
VOTERS DID JUST THAT IMPROVES
PROPOSITION ONE A GRANTING
TRIBES THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO
OPERATE SLOT MACHINES AND
BANKING AND PERCENTAGE CARD
GAMES IN CALIFORNIA. TRUMP WON A
ALSO AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNOR TO
NEGOTIATE COMPACTS, WHICH
INCLUDES AMENDMENTS SUBJECT TO
LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION. ITS
TERMS ARE NOW CODIFIED IN THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE
FOUR SECTION 19. THE 1999
COMPACTS WERE FOR AN INITIAL 20
YEAR TERM WITH THE TERMINATION
DATE OF DECEMBER. 31ST 2020
NUMEROUS TRIBES ENTERED INTO NEW
COMPACTS WITH THE STATE PRIOR TO
THAT TERMINATION DATE. FOR
TRIBES THAT DID NOT YET HAVE A
COMPACT 1999 COMPACTS
AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED FOR 18
MONTHS. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF
TRIBES THAT SIGNED A 1999
COMPACT NOW HAVE A NEW COMPACT,
THERE ARE 30 TRIBES THAT
CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THEIR
1999 COMPACT COMPACTS NOW
EXPIRED BY THEIR OWN TERMS ON
JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. FOR THE
1999 COMPACTS DO NOT REQUIRE
ANOTHER EXTENSION. THE STATE AND
A TRIBE CAN EXTEND THE TRIBES
1999 COMPACT, TERM, UNUSUAL AND
WRITTEN AGREEMENT. THIS BRINGS
US UP TO TODAY AND THE REASON
FOR THE EXTENSIONS AS YOU
MENTIONED THERE ARE RECENT
COMPACTS APPROVED IN 2021 BY THE
LEGISLATURE. EIGHT IN PARTICULAR%
, EIGHT TRIBES IN PARTICULAR HAD
SIGNED COMPACTS. IN 2021 THAT
WERE INTENDED TO REPLACE THOSE
TRIBES 1999 COMPACTS. THREE OF
THESE EIGHT COMPACTS, THE
COMPACTS FOR THE MIDDLETOWN
RANCHERIA THE PICAYUNE RANCHERIA
CHECK PANSY INDIAN INDIANS AND
THE SANTA ROSA RANCHERIA. WE'RE
ALL RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE
AND SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY
THAT THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR IN AUGUST 2021. UNDER
THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY
ACT. THE SECRETARY HAS 45 DAYS
TO REVIEW A COMPACT AND CAN
EITHER APPROVE IT DISAPPROVE IT
IF IT VIOLATES IGRA FEDERAL LAW
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TRUST
OBLIGATIONS. WE'RE NOT ACT ON
THE COMPACT. IF THE SECRETARY
DOES NOT ACT ON THE COMPACT
WITHIN THAT 45 DAY PERIOD IN THE
COMPACT IS DEEMED APPROVED BY
OPERATION OF LAW. NOVEMBER 2021
, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INDIAN
AFFAIRS PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY
DELEGATED FROM THE SECRETARY
DISAPPROVED THE THREE GAMING
COMPACTS. DISAPPROVAL IS WERE
UNEXPECTED AND THE PRIMARY
REASON FOR THESE EXTENSIONS IT
BECAME CLEAR TO THE STATE THAT
IS DIS APPROVALS HAD CREATED
SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY IN THE
NEGOTIATION PROCESS, AND IT
WOULD BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING
FOR THE STATE AND THE REMAINING
1999 TRIBES TO NEGOTIATE A NEW
COMPACT WITH ENOUGH CONFIDENCE
THAT THE NEW COMPACT WOULD TAKE
EFFECT UNDER THE INDIAN GAMING
REGULATORY ACT. BEFORE THE
EXPIRATION OF THEIR 1999 COMPACT
IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AS I
MENTIONED, 29 TRIBES HAVE AGREED
TO AMENDMENTS EXTENDING THEIR
COMPACTS VAST MAJORITY GIVE
THESE EXTENSIONS ARE FOR 18
MONTHS, UH, AND THREE TRIBES
HAVE EXTENSIONS THAT THEY'VE
AGREED TO. FOR 12 MONTHS TO
JUNE. 30TH 2023. TWO OF THE
TRIBES AGREEING TO A ONE YEAR
EXTENSION. MIDDLETOWN RANCHERIA
IN SANTA ROSA RANCHERIA RECENTLY
RENEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF THEIR
PREVIOUSLY DISAPPROVED 2021
COMPACTS. THOSE COMPACTS WERE
WRESTLING RATIFIED BY THE
LEGISLATURE. THE BILL WAS JUST
SIGNED TODAY. SB 900 BY THE
GOVERNOR. AND THEN THOSE
COMPACTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO
THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
FOR THE SECRETARY'S REVIEW AND
APPROVAL UNDER THE INDIAN GAMING
REGULATORY ACT. OUTCOME OF THAT
APPROVAL PROCESS SHOULD HELP
ADDRESS SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY
AROUND INTERIORS EARLIER DIS
APPROVALS. I EXPECT THAT BY
NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR ONCE
INTERIOR HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
REVIEW THESE TWO TRIBES IN NEW
COMPACTS. THERE WILL BE A LOT
GREATER COMFORT IN NEGOTIATING
NEW COMPACTS WITH THOSE TRIBES
INTERESTED IN DOING SO THAT THE
NEWLY NEGOTIATED COMPACTS CAN BE
APPROVED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL
LAW. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS FOR
FINALIZING THE EXTENSIONS. THEY
ARE EFFECTIVELY AMENDMENTS TO
THE 1999 COMPACTS FOR PURPOSES
OF STATE LAW. THEY WERE
NEGOTIATED BY THE GOVERNOR AND
REQUIRE RATIFICATION BY THE
LEGISLATURE. IN CONTRAST TO A
NEW COMPACT OR SUBSTANTIVE
AMENDMENT TO A COMPACT UNDER
FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THE
EXTENSIONS DO NOT REQUIRE THE
APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
THEY MUST, HOWEVER, STILL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY. IF
THE TRIBES IN STATE FIND THAT AN
ADDITIONAL EXTENSION TO THE 1999
COMPACTS ARE NECESSARY. STAY IN
THE TRIBE CATEGORY TO EXTEND THE
TRIBES 1999 COMPACT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TIME. I
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME TODAY
, I'D BE HAPPY TO READ A LIST OF
THE 29 TRIBES. IF MR CHAIRMAN,
IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO SO, BUT
OTHERWISE I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THINK THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THAT
BEFORE THEM IF THEY WANT TO DO
THAT. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, THE
COMMITTEE'S PERMISSION. I'M
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTION MANY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMENTS. AND
I'M JUST GONNA FAST FORWARD TO
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS
AGAIN BEING BRIEFED AND LIMITING
YOUR COMMENTS. I'M NOT SEEING
ANYBODY STAND UP TO MAKE
COMMENTS, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD TO THE PHONES. OPERATOR.
I SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
YOU WOULD PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT
THIS TIME. OPERATOR WILL GIVE
YOU A NUMBER AND PLACED YOU BACK
IN Q B JUST A MOMENT.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE?
UH, MR OPERATOR? WE HAVE ONE. Q
AND UP. IT WAS JUST A MOMENT.
THANK YOU. WE GO TO LINE 20,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. STAND MR
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. IT'S SOLID TREATS ON
BEHALF OF THE COLUSA INDIAN
COMMUNITY AND ALONG WITH
PECHANGA BAND OF THE SENIOR
MISSION INDIANS. WE WOULD VERY
MUCH LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK
THE GOVERNOR. THANK THE
COMMITTEE. AND MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE.
SORRY. ANY OTHER, UM COMMENTS,
MR OPERATOR. THIS TIME, THERE'S
NO ONE ELSE IN Q JUST OPEN ABOUT
ONE MORE TIME. THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AS A COURTESY AND, UH,
SEE SEEING THE COMMITTEE'S
APPETITE FOR. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. JUST WANT TO REITERATE
OUR GRATITUDE. UM TO THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING
THROUGH THESE COMPACTS EXTENSION
. I KNOW 18 MONTHS IS WHAT A LOT
OF THE TRIBES WERE SIGNED UP FOR
99 COMPACTS AND ALLUDING TO THE
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. WE KNOW
THAT THAT'S GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE SIGNING OF
THOSE TWO COMPACT, SO I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD
WORK ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMITTEE
, UM THROUGH THE CHAIR AND ALSO
FOR THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. UM
THANK YOU. SEEING THE
COMMITTEE'S APPETITE FOR BREVITY
. I WILL ALSO FOLLOW THAT SPIRIT
AND SIMPLY SAY WE WANT TO THANK
THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR
HARD WORK AND INPUT. AH AND ALSO
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. UH AND
YOU YOURSELF PERSONALLY FOR THE
HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE EXTENDED
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN UNLESS MR
VICE CHAIR LIKE TO SAY
SOMETHING, IF NOT, I'M GOING TO
CLOSE IT DOWN. E ECHOES WHAT
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID. HAVING
SAID THAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND GAVEL DOWN AND THE MEETING
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO
ATTENDED.