, where
they argued to the Department of the Interior-the federal department that
oversees Indian lands-that under applicable federal law the Chumash Tribe's
trust application must be denied because the annexation would adversely impact
neighboring residential and business areas. The suit that POLO and
POSY will file in federal court is necessary to protect the rights of the
Santa Ynez Valley's residents and to preserve the pristine character of that
rural community.

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POLO and POSY also oppose the County of Santa Barbara's efforts to
negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Chumash Tribe because such
an agreement would permit the Tribe to acquire additional trust land without
providing any assurance that the property would not be used for casino
expansion or other purposes incompatible with the Valley's rural character. Mr.
Discussing his representation of POLO and POSY, Mr.org

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POLO and POSY were formed in 2001 by a group of citizens concerned about
preserving the rural quality of California's Santa Ynez Valley, an
agricultural region in northern Santa Barbara County that also happens to be
home to the Chumash Tribe's 139-acre rancheria. The Tribe's 157 members
already operate a casino on that property, and they are currently asking the
federal government to permit the addition of another 13 acres of land adjacent
to their existing land area.
POLO and POSY have been actively opposing the Chumash Tribe's trust
application through all available legal and political channels.
Theodore Olson was the 42nd Solicitor General of the United States and has
argued 42 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, including cases
concerning due process, equal protection, property rights, the environment,
criminal law , separation of powers, and the First Amendment.
The programs were announced Wednesday by Chairman Anthony Miranda in his
State of the Tribal Nations address to nearly 900 attendees at the Western
Indian Gaming Conference sponsored by CNIGA.
Even within gaming tribes, in 1990 36% of the families were living in
poverty, though that number improved to 26% by 2000, two years after
California voters gave approval to state-tribal gaming compacts..

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However, tribes must do even more, he said, so CNIGA would form a task
force composed of problem gambling experts, tribal leaders, industry partners
and policy makers to study the issue and to develop recommendations that will
promote responsible gaming throughout the tribal government gaming industry
and in non-tribal gaming. The findings and recommendations would serve as a
foundation for future responsible gaming initiatives as tribal government
gaming matures.

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Further tribal land acquisitions would open
the door to expansion of the casino, and would further compromise the quality
of life for all residents of the Santa Ynez Valley. PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

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Solicitor General Theodore B.
POLO and POSY pursued their cause all the way to Washington, D.
Miranda pledged to have CNIGA lead an effort in Indian country in 2006 to
"tear down the barriers that historically have blocked sustainable economic
development on reservations."
He pointed out that California tribal nations are proud of their
commitment to promoting responsible gaming and that tribes are still the only
segment of the gaming industry to provide money for operation of the state's
Office of Problem Gambling, which remained unfunded until tribes provide
financial resources.

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S. Olson as this generation's "most
persuasive advocate " before the Supreme Court and "the most effective
Solicitor General" in decades.

CNIGA Chair Urges New Efforts to Reduce Indian Poverty and Problem Gambling

Tribes also fund non-profit counseling services and 24-hour toll free help
lines for the California Council on Problem Gambling.

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Because land that the federal government holds
in trust for Indian tribes is exempt from all state and local regulations-
including zoning control-POLO and POSY are deeply concerned that the Chumash
Tribe 's efforts to extend its landholdings will result in further unregulated
commercial development-including a possible casino expansion-that could
severely compromise the natural beauty, orderly development , and tranquility
of the Santa Ynez Valley.C."
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The citizens groups have hired Theodore B.
The poverty rate among non-gaming tribes in California in 2000 was 30%,
three times the overall poverty rate statewide in California and in the United
States . So he plans to call an economic
summit of all tribes to devise a comprehensive approach to the problem .
"We need to work together to find ways for all tribes to have a fair
chance at realizing the dream of self-sufficiency," Miranda added
Recommendations from the summit would be presented to national
organizations such as the National Indian Gaming Association and the National
Congress of American Indians because issues of economic development are not
limited to California tribes.

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The once peaceful area is now plagued by
crime, traffic, and congestion. it can be a compulsion .

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polosyv., New efforts to aid the
thousands of California Indians who still live in abject poverty and a new
task force aimed at providing better services to address problem gamblers were
announced here by the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming
Association (CNIGA).
Citing statistics in a study just released by the Center for California
Native Nations at the University of California Riverside, Miranda said,
despite the relative progress tribal gaming has brought to some of the state 's
Indians, the average income of tribal people on reservations in California in
2000 was still 53% of the national average income.

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SANTA YNEZ, Calif.

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POLO and POSY deserve their day in court, and I will do my
very best to ensure that the court fully considers their position on the
tribal annexation issue. In 1990 it was 42% of the
national average.

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Although the Department of the
Interior denied this appeal by declining to address the merits of POLO and
POSY's positions , POLO and POSY have a right to judicial review of that
decision by a federal court.
Noting that tribal government gaming is a form of entertainment that most
people enjoy responsibly, Miranda acknowledged that for a "very small number
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, Citizens groups Preservation
of Los Olivos (POLO ) and Preservation of Santa Ynez (POSY) announced today
that they have retained former U. Olson
to pursue that claim.
Miranda was recently reelected to a second two-year term as head of the
66 -tribe organization, the state's largest and most influential tribal
organization.

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Olson also served as private counsel to
both Presidents George W.

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Dr. Bush and Ronald Reagan, and held the position of
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel during the Reagan
Administration , in which capacity he was the Executive Branch's principal
legal adviser."
Not all tribes wish to have gaming or are located in an area sufficiently
populated to make gaming feasible, he said.

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New York Times
columnist William Safire described Mr. Olson stated that he
is "deeply honored to have the opportunity to represent the citizens of the
Santa Ynez Valley in this extremely important matter.

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Citizens Groups Opposing Tribal Land Annexations in the Santa Ynez Valley Retain Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson to Pursue a Federal Court Acti

Doug
Herthel, President of POLO , explained that his organization opposes the
proposed tribal land expansion because Santa Ynez Valley residents have
"witnessed firsthand the detrimental impact that the Chumash Tribe's casino
has had on the Santa Ynez Valley.

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Olson, a
partner in the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn + Crutcher LLP, to
represent them in a federal court action challenging a proposed land
annexation by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians.
"We have made progress, but we have a long way to travel before we catch
up to the rest of America," Miranda said.

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