A gaming website is reporting that the Attorney General for the State of California has filed a federal lawsuit to stop the online bingo program recently launched by the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel. The online source, CaliforniaOnlinePoker.com, said the lawsuit was filed on November 18, and claims that the tribe’s action in conducting online.
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel had their hopes up to offer online bingo and poker activities in the state of California but were shot down by the Ninth Circuit Court. The California tribe has been battling it out with federal regulators for years over the launch of its Desert Rose online bingo website.
Operations and play are under the management of the Iipay Nation and under the strict regulation of the Santa Ysabel Tribal Gaming Commission. The Iipay Nation is the owner and operator of Desert Rose Bingo. This new licensing venture has created the nation’s first web browser-based i-Gaming platform.
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A recent district court ruling that a Santa Ysabel online bingo site violated the UIGEA also offered the tribe a shard of hope regarding online poker. Won an injunction closing an online bingo website launched some two years ago by the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel. Told Online Poker Report.

Marijuana is Fully Legal in California

The State of California has legalized marijuana for medical and recreational uses. The federal government recognizes American Indian tribes as sovereign nations and their reservations as sovereign land, and the U.S. Justice Department issued a policy of non-enforcement of the federal Controlled Substance Act (CSA) on all tribal lands.

Marijuana Use is Legal in California

In 1996 California became the first state to legalize the medical use of marijuana. In the 2016 election voter passed Proposition 64, 'Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA)', legalizing recreational marijuana effective January 1, 2018.

California's main regulatory agencies are the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), Department of Food and Agriculture, Department of Public Health and Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA). Major government resources include the following:

California Cannabis Portal
https://cannabis.ca.gov/

California Bureau of Cannabis Control
P.O. Box 138200
Sacramento, CA 95813-8200
(833) 768-5880
http://bcc.ca.gov/

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California Food & Agriculture Department
3180 Cridge St, Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: (916) 654-0466
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/

California Department of Public Health
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/

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Federally-Recognized Tribes in California

California has 105 American Indian tribes recognized by the federal government, the most of any state in the nation. These tribes have U.S. Justice Department approval to regulate, grow and sell marijuana on their reservations.

The tribes are Alturas, Augustine, Bear River, Benton, Berry Creek, Big Lagoon, Big Pine, Big Sandy, Big Valley Rancheria, Bishop Paiute, Blue Lake, Bridgeport Indian Colony, Buena Vista Rancheria, Cabazon, Cachil DeHe, Cahto, Cahuilla, California Valley, Campo, Capitan Grande, Cedarville, Chemehuevi, Cher-Ae Heights, Chicken Ranch, Cloverdale, Cold Springs, Cortina, Coyote Valley, Dry Creek, Elem, Elk Valley, Enterprise, Ewiiaapaayp, Federated Indians of Graton, Fort Bidwell, Fort Independence, Fort Mojave, Greenville, Grindstone, Guidiville, Habematolel, Hoopa, Hopland, Iipay, Inaja, Ione, Jackson, Jamul, Karuk, Kashia, Koi, La Jolla, La Posta, Lone Pine, Los Coyotes, Lytton, Manchester, Manzanita, Mechoopda, Mesa Grande, Middletown, Mooretown, Morongo, Northfork, Pala, Paskenta, Pauma, Pechanga, Picayune, Pinoleville, Pit River, Potter Valley, Quartz Valley, Ramona, Redding, Redwood Valley, Resighini, Rincon, Robinson, Round Valley, San Manuel, San Pasqual, Santa Rosa of Chuilla, Santa Rosa, Santa Ynez, Scotts Valley, Sherwood Valley, Shingle Springs, Soboba, Susanville, Sycuan, Table Mountain, Tejon, Timbi-sha Shoshone, Tolowa Dee-Ni', Torres Martinez, Tule River, Tuolumne, Twenty-Nine Palms, United Auburn, Viejas, Wilton, Wiyot, Yocha Dehe, Yurok

For a complete list of California tribes and their locations, see our page about California Tribes.

News Articles

California Tribes Shut Out of Largest Marijuana Market

March 25, 2019

California tribes are shut out of the largest cannabis market in the country due to a licensing restriction imposed by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control.

The Bureau will not allow tribes to conduct off-reservation business without a license. Since legalization in January 2018, California tribes have sought commercial licenses, but no tribe has been licensed.

As a condition for licensing, the Bureau wants full regulatory control of all cannabis operations on reservation lands, which is a violation of tribal sovereignty rights. Without a state license, tribes have the full right to conduct cannabis operations on their own lands with self-regulation.

In the November 2016 election California voters approved the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64) allowing adults 21 years of age or older to legally possess and use recreational marijuana. It lets local governments decide if the state should issue licenses in their local jurisdiction. There is no provision for licensing tribes for off-reservation business.

As a result California tribes have been effectively shut out of the general marketplace because their business is restricted to their reservations.

One tribe, the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, recently opened a dispensary on their reservation in San Diego County. The dispensary occupies a vacant casino that closed in 2014. The tribe also rents reservation land to tenants that grow marijuana and operate a processing lab.

The Iipay Nation only sell to customers at their reservation and to other tribes. Their sales have been strong and their success is an example for other tribes to open similar businesses.

Unlike the Iipay Nation many of the other local tribes in San Diego County operate casinos. Growing or selling cannabis on those land will certainly create new issues and concerns.

San Diego Tribe opens Mountain Source Dispensary

February 19, 2019

Earlier this month the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel opened a marijuana dispensary on their reservation in East San Diego County off State Route 79. The dispensary, named Mountain Source, sells cannabis flower and marijuana-infused edibles.

The dispensary is part of the Santa Ysabel Botanical Facility located on the property of the former Santa Ysabel Casino. The casino failed and shut down in 2014. The Santa Ysabel Botanical Facility has nearly 100 employe

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