Funding
for Tribal-Casino Security Falls Through
Coachella Valley and
Tulare County won't be getting additional funds
anytime soon to hire police officers, buy fire
trucks and improve traffic flow and safety around
Indian casinos.
But it's still possible the money
could be approved next year in time for it to
be distributed to local cities and the county
for use in the 2006-07 fiscal year, which begins
on July 1, 2006.
Senate Bill 288, which would have given Riverside
County another $8.5 million and Tulare County
an additional $410,000 from nearby tribes, stalled
in the Legislature late Thursday.
The measure was being debated in the Assembly
shortly before 10 p.m. when the Senate abruptly
shut down for the year, closing the final door
that the bill had to pass through on the way
to the governor's office.
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