No Legislative Act Involved In California’s Casino Approval, Panel Rules

(October 14, 2016, 2:40 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The governor of California did not usurp the powers of the state Legislature in concurring with the U.S. Department of the Interior that land the federal government acquired for a Native American tribe is suitable for a casino, a state appeals court held Oct. 13 in rejecting separate challenges by a tribe that operates a nearby casino and groups opposed to the project (United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., No. C075126, Citizens for a Better Way, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., No. C075018, Calif. App., 3rd Dist.)....