Pechanga Band
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Pechanga Band
Welcome to our place in the sun.
Pechanga Indian Reservation, CA, March 21, 2019 – The Pechanga Tribal Council today announced a grant of up to $100,000 to the City of Lake Elsinore to support the City’s efforts to aid with traffic control surrounding the “super bloom.”
Just last weekend, more than 150,000 people were estimated to have visited the hillsides off of Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore. On Sunday, March 17, local officials were forced to cut off access and stopped courtesy shuttles running to the flower-covered hills, calling the crowding “unbearable.”
“This natural wonder is a treasure to be enjoyed by Californians, but we need to be responsible about it,” said Pechanga Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro. “Elsinore is part of our ancestral territory, and we even have reservation lands there. We are pleased to support the city and our local partners to help better manage traffic control and public safety for the thousands of visitors enjoying the super bloom, as well as the local residents and commuters impacted by traffic conditions. Conservation and protection of our natural resources are important values to our Tribe.”
The City of Lake Elsinore will be able to use the Pechanga grant funds for additional resources including law enforcement, traffic control, shuttles, public safety personnel, and super bloom area protection.
“We are extremely grateful for this generous contribution from Pechanga,” said Mayor Steve Manos. “This will ensure we can continue to fund the resources and support needed to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors.”
*** NOTE: Pechanga is pronounced Peh-CHONG-ah
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe that has called the Temecula Valley in Southern California home since time immemorial. The Pechanga Indian Reservation was established by presidential executive order in 1882, affirming the Tribe’s sovereign rights and land-base. The Pechanga Band directly employs over 5,500 people and owns and operates the award-winning Pechanga Resort & Casino, the largest gaming facility in the western U.S.
The City of Lake Elsinore features Southern California’s largest natural freshwater lake. The City’s current population is estimated at approximately 63,365. The City’s brand and slogan, “Dream Extreme,” exemplify the scenic beauty and active lifestyle of this 130-year old boomtown. Visitors and residents enjoy water sports such as skiing, power boating and fishing, a world-class sky diving drop zone, a regional motocross track, professional baseball, an 18-hole golf course, outlet shops, plus dining and entertainment in Historic Downtown. Visit www.Lake-Elsinore.org for more information.
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Jacob Mejia, Vice President of Public Affairs, Pechanga
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Ciara Green, Public Relations Manager, Pechanga
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Pechanga Indian Reservation, CA, Jul. 22, 2014 – The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians today announced the results of elections for the seven-member Tribal Council held this past Saturday.
Chairman Mark Macarro, 50, was re-elected to his tenth consecutive two-year term as Chairman. Also re-elected to the Tribal Council were Andrew Masiel, Sr.; Robert “RJ” Munoa; Russell “Butch” Murphy; Catalina R. Chacon; and Corrina Garbani-Sanchez. Former Councilman Marc Luker was also elected to the Tribal Council. The new Tribal Council term will begin August 17, 2014.
The seven-member Tribal Council sets policies, administers government programs and executes the will of the Pechanga General Membership. The tribal chairperson and members of the council are charged with upholding and enforcing the Constitution and Bylaws of the Pechanga Band.
“It is a privilege and honor to have the faith of the Pechanga people in being elected to serve another term. The protection of and advocacy for Pechanga's sovereignty and homeland is a responsibility entrusted to every tribal council member by the Pechanga people," Chairman Macarro stated.
About the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe that has called the Temecula Valley home since time immemorial. After years of hardship and mistreatment by settlers, the Pechanga Indian Reservation was established by presidential executive order in 1882, affirming the Tribe’s sovereign rights and land-base. The Pechanga Band directly employs over 5,000 people and owns and operates the award-winning Pechanga Resort & Casino, the largest gaming facility in the western United States.
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Proposition 48 is not about Indian gaming, it is about a Nevada casino corporation (Station Casinos) trying to use a rural tribe to build a casino on off-reservation land in an urban area.
Prop. 48 would ratify the first off-reservation gaming compacts between the state and the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and the Wiyot Tribe to place a casino nearly 40 miles away from the tribe’s primary reservation.
Proposition 48 breaks the promise that Pechanga and other tribes made when Indian gaming was overwhelmingly supported by California voters: that Indian gaming would be limited to Indian lands. This is why we are voting NO on 48.
“Prop. 48 is bad public policy for California families. It would be the first to break the promise made by tribes in 2000, with the passage of Prop. 1A, which confined Indian gaming to original reservation land only. If passed, it would not be the last.”
- U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
The fact is that the North Fork Rancheria currently has land in trust that is eligible for gaming. That the land is not as commercially advantageous as a site closer to population centers is neither unique nor a compelling reason to break the commitment tribes made to the voters.
Honoring the Trust
“The North Fork compact departs from long-established precedent…The North Fork reservation is located in the Sierra National Forest, while the North Fork Rancheria Resort Hotel and Casino would be nearly 40 miles away, near the city of Madera, on Highway 99. Prop. 48 not only would give the North Fork tribe the green light, it also would incentivize other as-yet-nongaming tribes to acquire land far from their reservations for purposes of building casinos.”
- Riverside Press-Enterprise
“The parcel on which the casino is to be built is 38 miles away from the nearest North Fork Tribe property and was only acquired in 2012. If this project is allowed, it sets a precedent for ‘reservation shopping’ that could lead to a big influx of casino proposals on newly acquired land near heavily populated areas.”
- U-T San Diego
“…one of the most audacious examples of ‘reservation shopping’ by a tribe that has partnered with a Las Vegas interest and made a sudden territorial claim on a plot of land that would be well positioned to draw gamblers.”
- San Francisco Chronicle
“…the casino is a classic example of ‘reservation shopping’ and isn’t what voters intended when they approved Indian gaming.”
- Fresno Bee
“The question for voters is how many other tribes will be looking to build off-site casinos if Prop. 48 succeeds. Our bet is: plenty.”
- San Jose Mercury News
