Neighbors oppose Soboba Band land-into-trust

Monday, August 3, 2009  

A large crowd is expected at the first public hearing on the land-into-trust application for the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians of California.

The tribe wants 535 acres placed in trust. If the Bureau of Indian Affairs approves, the tribe will move the Soboba Casino to the new site, a plan that has neighbors worried.

"The reality is, we will be engulfed by a reservation," Tish Arciniega of Save Our Communities told The Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Residents of three neighborhoods will have to go through tribal land if the application is approved. They plan to express their concerns about increased casino traffic at the public hearing on Wednesday.

Get the Story:
Soboba expansion plan heats up neighbors (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 8/2)
Soboba Indian tribe proposal to annex 500 acres for new casino-hotel has some San Jacinto residents worried (The Temecula Valley News 8/2)

Federal Register Notice:
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians' Proposed 534-Acre Trust Acquisition and Casino Project, Riverside County, California (July 3, 2009)