While the narrative has long been that restrictions on cardrooms would devastate city budgets up and down the Golden State, only some California cardroom cities are currently treating controversial new state regulations as a financial crisis.
The Los Angeles County cities of Commerce and Bell Gardens recently made headlines after they declared fiscal emergencies in response to the regulations, which would dramatically change the way cardrooms may offer their most profitable and popular games.
The small cities are home to two of the three largest cardrooms in California: Commerce Casino, which is authorized for 374 tables, and the Parkwest Bicycle Casino, authorized for 250.
