Proposition 48, on Central Valley casino, fails, AP reports
Proposition 48’s failure invalidates two gambling compacts between the state of California and Native American tribes: the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians near Yosemite and the Wiyot Tribe near Humboldt Bay.
The compacts authorized a casino in Madera County, 38 miles from the North Fork’s headquarters, with up to 2,000 slot machines.
Proposition 48 was placed on the ballot by competing gambling interests and other opponents of the planned casino, who ran a sizeable “no” campaign in hopes that voters would repeal the deal.
The compacts, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown and ratified by the Legislature, required annual payments averaging $10 million by the North Fork to the state and local governments over 20 years.
The Wiyot would have received a share of the Madera County casino’s earnings, in return for not building a casino on their Humboldt County land.
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