Sacramento County casino plan in jeopardy
The United State’s new government could stop a plan from Wilton Rancheria.
US.- The Californian native tribe of Wilton Rancheria introduced last month a casino project to be constructed in Elk Grove, Sacramento, but the federal agency that was supposed to decide on the case set the deadline for January 19, the last day of Obama’s presidency.
Sources estimate that the former president of the United States would’ve been in favor of signing the application, but Donald Trump ordered to hold Federal Register documents so they could be reviewed by his administration. In order to approve and build the casino, the United States Department of the Interior needs to place the land intro trust.
According to The Sacramento Bee, Chairman for the Wilton Rancheria Raymons Hitchcock, said: “After 58 years without a home, our people finally will have land. This has been a long and hard struggle. We now can tell our elders that their blood, sweat and tears will have been worth it.” Back in December, residents presented a referendum to stop the construction of the gaming venue, which was backed by the local entrepreneur Roy Choi. The chief executive officer of KCM Agency, a Los Angeles marketing firm, gathered over 14,800 in November among Elk Grove residents to stop the government’s approval.
