The Manzanita Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation in California expects a decision on its off-reservation casino this fall, a representative for the tribe said.
The tribe has been pursuing a casino in Calexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border for nearly a decade. A final environmental
impact statement was published in October 2011 but the Bureau of Indian Affairs has yet to issue a record of decision.
“The tribe is waiting, I’m waiting … It will be 10 years next year,” Imperial County Board Supervisor John Renison told The Imperial Valley Press. “Now not a week doesn’t go by that I don’t get a question of where’s the casino.”
Officials in the county and in Calexico support the casino.
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