HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-011 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2000-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 1A ON THE MARCH
7, 2000, PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT, TO AMEND THE
CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT AND
REGULATE GAMING COMPACTS ON TRIBAL LANDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Proposition 1A will amend the California State Constitution to eliminate the
technicality that resulted in the invalidation of the courts of Proposition 5, passed by the voters of
California with over 64% of the votes cast; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1A promotes Indian self-reliance, self determination and economic
self-sufficiency by allowing for regulated legal gaming on tribal lands in California; and
WHEREAS, Indian gaming directly employs about 15,000 people who are mainly non-
Indian, with 34,000 additional jobs supported by Indian gaming; and
WHEREAS, jobs and revenues from Indian gaming and other businesses have helped to
dramatically reduce previous unemployment rates of as high as 80% on tribal lands; and
WHEREAS, Indian gaming has helped more than 12,000 tribal households and non-tribal
households move from welfare to work, saving taxpayers more than $50 million every year, and
giving thousands of former welfare recipients the self respect of having a job and supporting their
families without public assistance; and
WHEREAS, if Proposition 1A fails to pass, there would be nearly 50,000 fewer jobs and
$4.4 billion in lost economic activity in the State; and
WHEREAS, Indian gaming contributes more than $120 million in state and local tax
revenues every year, benefits that would otherwise be lost to the state of Nevada; and
WHEREAS, Temecula Valley and the City of Temecula enjoys direct economic benefits of
Indian gaming on Tribal lands in the vicinity; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Temecula supports the passage
of Proposition 1A on the March 7, 2000, Primary Election ballot for the State of California.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a
regular meeting held on the 8th day of February, 2000.
ATTEST:
Michaela A. Ballreich
Depu~ Ci~ Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Michaela A. Ballreich, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 2000-12 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City
of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of February, 2000, by the following
vote:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Roberts, Stone
None
None
Deputy City Clerk
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