{"id":75377,"date":"2018-04-15T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=75377"},"modified":"2018-04-14T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T18:39:29","slug":"guidiville-rancheria-tribe-loses-14-year-battle-for-richmond-california-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/guidiville-rancheria-tribe-loses-14-year-battle-for-richmond-california-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidiville Rancheria Tribe Loses 14-Year Battle for Richmond, California Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal judge on Thursday permanently quashed a 14-year bid by the by the Guidiville Rancheria Native American tribe to build a $1.2 billion casino on the site of a former US Navy Depot in Richmond, California.<\/p>\n

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The Point Molate peninsula, near Richmond, California, where the tribe once dreamed of building a $1.2 billion casino, claiming ancestral ties. The land will now be used for a housing development, while its historic wineries will be restored and preserved. (Image: The Center for Land Use Interpretation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The judge in Oakland officially annihilated the tribe\u2019s casino plan and ruled that it was not entitled to damages from the city that rejected it in 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the tribe proposed the construction of a casino at Point Molate, Contra Costa County, near the Richmond-San Rafael bridge. The Navy had closed the depot in 1995 and sold the parcel of land to the City of Richmond for $1, which then sought development ideas for the area.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that its reservation is situated 100 miles to the north, in Ukiah, Mendocino County, the Guidiville Ranchera claimed the Point Molate promontory should be transferred to the tribe under the \u201crestored lands\u201d provision of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act<\/a>. The tribe said its ancestors had once inhabited the Bay hundreds of years ago.<\/p>\n

\u2018Reservation Shopping\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2006, it spent $2 million preparing a report in an attempt to prove its historical claim to the territory.<\/p>\n

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The report recounted entries in the log of a Spanish ship that landed at the Bay in the 1700s, whose crew was greeted by Indians wearing clothes made of tule grass, resembling the ceremonial dress of the Ohlone, from whom the tribe claim lineage. But casino opponents accused the tribe of \u201creservation shopping\u201d and Contra Costa County spent over $1 million attempting to disprove the tribe\u2019s historic claim to the land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It soon changed its tune, however, when it was promised a $12 million a year revenue-sharing deal.<\/p>\n

The proposition went to a ballot but was rejected by Richmond voters in 2010 and then by the City Council the following year. But the tribe said it had lost millions pursuing its dream of a casino and sued the city for $750 million in damages.<\/p>\n

Richmond\u2019s Plan B<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now, with the litigation officially ended, the city is free to push ahead with its alternative plan for Point Molate. Instead of a Las Vegas-style casino, 670 residential units will be built on the plot, while the Winehaven District \u2013 an area of historic winery buildings \u2013 will be preserved for future generations.<\/p>\n

The tribe will be entitled to some proceeds from the new development under the terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to have ended the litigation so that the public planning process can begin, and we can put that land to good use for the benefit of the entire community,\u201d said Councilwoman Ada Recinos in an official statement.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Richmond area should be very pleased, as they will know have the opportunity to develop a new project that should be more appealing to area residents and voters alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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