Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria
- July 2014: Application for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief of County of Napa, City of American Canyon
- Napa County Farm Bureau, Napa Valley Grape Growers and Napa Valley Winegrowers
- May 2012: Stop the Casino on 101 Files Complaint
- March 27, 2012: Graton Tribal State Compact
- Compact is signed - not ratified - hearing scheduled Tuesday May 1, 2012 AB 517
- Feb. 17, 2011: Center for Biological Diversity
- Letter of comment in federal rulemaking, rule should also apply to tribal governments.
- Jan. 25, 2011: Letter to the Governor
- We urge you to challenge the wrongful assertion of Indian sovereignty over this state-governed site and to refuse to grant the Graton a compact to operate there.
- Oct. 1, 2010: NIGC Approval letter for Class II management Contract
- August 17, 2010: Huffman Requests Governor Oppose Casino
- June 30, 2010: Looming Deadline - Graton
- Stand Up For California cites another egregious example of an abuse of "restored lands" for a class III casino in California. There is a need for federal legislation.
- May 26, 2010: DOI on Carcieri
- The Department is committed to Indian tribes and the land into trust process. The Secretary and I remain in full support of the pending legislation. We hope Congress acts quickly to pass this legislation to reaffirm the Secretary's authority to take land into trust for tribes.
- Feb. 8, 2010: Letter to Asst. Sec. Echo Hawk
- Chairman of the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria does not appear to be of ANY Indian ancestry.
- Nov. 12, 2009: Stop the Casino on 101
- Stop the Casino 101 Coalition is a non-sectarian, multi-cultural group founded in August, 2003, by thousands of concerned Sonoma County, CA citizens in response to plans by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to build a massive, 760,000 square foot Las Vegas-style urban casino on the outskirts of the City of Rohnert Park. We are writing to urge you to reconsider your position on a so-called “Carcieri Fix”.
- August 5, 2009: Sonoma LAFCO Agency Formation Commission
- The Commission encourages urban development in cities rather than in unincorporated territory. Additionally, the Commission believes that there are efficiencies of scale and opportunities to encourage well-planned and phased development by permitting interim Outside Service Area Agreements, rather than requiring immediate annexation, when a documented threat to the public health or safety exists.
- Jan. 2009: Amended Complaint
- June 2008: Stop the Casino 101 v. Secretary of the Interior
- A Complaint over the approval of transferring fee land into trust for the Federated Miwok of the Graton Rancheria
- May 2008: Stand Up For California - Amend Restoration Act
- April 2008: Graton Lands approved for trust
- Determination letter by Asst. Secretary of the Interior Carl Artman.
- April 2008: Federal Register - Graton fee to trust application
- May 2007: City of Rohnert Park Comments-DEIS
- May 2007: Sonoma County BOS comment on DEIS
- BOS attachment A
- BOS attachment B
- May 2007: Concerned Citizens of Rohnert Park Comment -DEIS
- May 2006: Governor Responds to NIGC Request
- The Governor was requested to assist in the determination of restored lands for the Federate Miwok of the Graton Rancheria in the location of the City of Rohnert Park.
- March 15, 2005: Security Exchange Commission 10K Stations
- Transfer of 100 million dollars to SC Sonoma Development LLC Purchase of the land?
- Dec. 2004: Sonoma County Transportation Authority
- Requests the Governor refrain from compact negotiations until a comprehensive view can be made of the proposed project and the EIS.
- April 14, 2003: Articles of Organization for LLC
- SC Sonoma Development LLC - California Secretary of State
- Memorandum decision.pdf
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