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Casino Player’s Voting Guide ...Continued From Page 8
including PTAs, and child advocates, public safety, local government leaders, 64 Indian tribes, Sierra Club California, the Seniors Coalition, the California Taxpayer Protection Committee, State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell, San Diego County Board of Education, San Diego County Sheri William B. Kolender, San Diego County Taxpayers Association, San Diego Police O cers Association, San Diego District Attorney, San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, San Diego County Deputy Sheri s, the Cities of Holtville and Del Mar, Oceanside Police O ers Association, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Who has endorsed Proposition 68?
e sheri of Los Angeles County and the sheri of Sacramento County, and the president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheri s endorse
Prop. 68.
A YES vote on Proposition 68 means:
Slot machines would be authorized at 16 speci c racetracks and card rooms, unless all Indian tribes with existing tribal-state gambling compacts agree to certain terms within 90 days. Local governments throughout the state would receive gambling revenues, to be used
primarily for additional child protective, police, and re ghting services.
A NO vote on Proposition 68 means:
Slot machines would not be authorized at racetracks and card rooms. Indian tribes would continue to be subject to current tribal-state gambling compacts. Local governments would not receive new gambling revenues.
PROPOSITION 70: INDIAN GAMING FAIR SHARE What is it?
Proposition 70 will provide billions of dollars to the State and will restrict tribal gambling to Indian reservations. Tribes will pay the same amount as every other business pays in state income taxes. It will grant Indian gaming tribes with casinos expansion rights on their land, including unlimited slot machines. In return, gaming tribes will pay the state the equivalent of the current corporate tax rate, 8.84%, of their net income. e state could spend these revenues for any purpose. Proposition 70 expands the types of games allowed, to include craps and roulette, and any other form of casino gambling, and it extends gaming compacts for 99 years.
Who is backing Proposition 70?
e Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
What do critics say?
Critics say there is no provision to ensure tribes pay their fair share, and this will allow tribes to own an unlimited number of casinos with no size limits.
Who opposes Proposition 70?
e California District Attorneys Association, California Peace O cers Association, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Who has endorsed Proposition 70?
e California NAACP, California Nations Indian Gaming Association, e San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Redding Rancheria, National Tax Limitation Committee, and the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction all endorse Prop. 70.
A YES vote on Proposition 70 means:
Tribes entering a new or amended tribal-state gambling compact would make payments to the state based on their gambling income. ese compacts would last 99 years and place no limits on the types or number of casino games.
A NO vote on Proposition 70 means:
Tribes would continue to be subject to existing tribal- state gambling compacts, which require various types of payments to the state. Existing compacts will last up to
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