Friday, September 23, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) launched an announcement after Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 559 a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Tachi Yokut Tribe:
“For many years the Tachi Yokut Tribe has been a priceless associate within the Kings County Group,” mentioned Senator Melissa Hurtado. “The Tribe offers scholarship help, job coaching and grownup education schemes, well being and welfare help and different social companies. I’m happy that the Governor has signed SB 559. The compact settlement will assist assist the tribe, its members, and supply long-term job safety for over 700 workers.”
“The Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe is grateful to Governor Newsom and Senator Hurtado for making this settlement attainable. The compact creates an financial atmosphere that promotes tribal self-sufficiency, and permits contributions to different tribes, the group, and native authorities,” mentioned Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Chairman Leo Sisco. “Furthermore, the compact affirms the tribe’s devoted partnership and government-to-government relationship with the State of California and solidifies the way forward for our folks.”
Senate Invoice 559 is the car to ratify the tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe. The Tachi Tribe may even present $900,000 in good will to Kings County by an Intergovernmental Settlement, and can be offering half the bills for upkeep of a hearth station. The Tribe presently offers job safety to greater than 700 non-tribal members.