Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians wants to build a 400,000-square-foot casino in Vallejo, but the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is telling them not to ante up quite yet.
The court announced Thursday that it has directed the Department of the Interior to move forward with a concrete schedule for completing prompt reconsideration of the Scotts Valley Casino Project in Vallejo, citing concerns that relevant evidence provided to the agency by local Patwin tribes, among others, had been improperly disregarded.
Despite strong objections from the local Patwin tribes, Solano County, and the state of California, the original gaming approval was granted to the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, based in the Clear Lake town of Lakeport.
