Businesses along South Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California, are being told to vacate Indian land by May 31. Image from Google Maps
Several businesses are scrambling to find new space after being told to vacate properties owned by individual Indian landowners in Palm Springs, California. At least six businesses are operating under permits that expire on May 31. They feel they aren't being given enough time to move out but they don't appear to have much recourse because the Bureau of Indian Affairs isn't directly involved with the permits and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians does not own the properties in question. "I would be angry as hell, and frankly I would never do anything on Indian land," city council member Ginny Foat, who has been trying to find help for the businesses, told The Palm Springs Desert Sun. Some businesses thought they would be able to sign new leases that would be submitted to the BIA for approval. But that didn't happen after a meeting at the agency week. "They're really trying to sweep us under the rug," Benjamin Sullivan, the owner of KBC of Palm Springs, one of the affected businesses, told the paper. The owners of the properties are said to be members of various tribes but no specific information was reported about their affiliation or affiliations. Get the Story:
Palm Springs businesses forced to move off tribal land (The Palm Springs Desert Sun 4/1)
Palm Springs businesses evicted on short notice by tribal land owners (KESQ 3/30)
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