http://www.caltba.org daily 1 2009-06-16T23:39:17Z http://www.caltba.org/resources/frank_letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter to Rep. Barney Frank expressing wish to be consulted in the formation of any legislation to legalize forms of internet gambling in the United States. stating that CTBA has not taken a position on HR 2266 and HR 2267, expressing concern with the motives of those entities promoting the legislation to date, and indicating intention to participate in the discussion. Dated March 24, 2010 No publisher richard Correspondence 2010-04-23T19:35:37Z File http://www.caltba.org/documents/Internet%20poker%20opposition%20letter%20to%20Legislature%20081109.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter to legislators concerning serious constitutional questions, unforeseen policy consequences, and the impact on tribal gaming from moving tribal gaming off reservation and out from under the framework of federal law and tribal-state compacts. Dated August 11, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T20:18:04Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Group%20off-reservation%20letter%20to%20Salazar%20062909.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance, four other Indian gaming associations, and two tribes express strong opposition to pending applications by tribes seeking to establish casinos outside their ancestral lands and within the ancestral lands of another tribe and condemning these applications as a dangerous precedent for Indian gaming across the country. Dated June 29, 2009 No publisher rr Correspondence 2009-11-19T18:02:45Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Block%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter in support of AB 970, which encourages state schools to teach about California Indian tribes. Dated May 13, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2010-02-10T23:26:03Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Cook%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance support letter for legislation requiring state courts to recognize a California tribe’s traditional customary adoption, in which parental rights are not terminated. Dated May 13, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T18:00:27Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Coto%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter supporting the creation of an eminence credential for fluent speakers of California Indian languages so that they can work in California schools. Dated May 13, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2010-02-10T23:28:04Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Salazar%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter opposing the approval of tribal gaming projects on land that is not currently held in trust for a tribe and that is in an area where the tribe has never exercised governmental authority. Dated May 11, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T18:01:30Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Niello%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter in opposition to AB 1036, noting that it is premature to increase the number of unaffiliated charities operating remote caller bingo before the creation of regulations is complete and a need for the increase has been demonstrated. Dated April 27, 2009. No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T17:54:40Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Senator%20Denise%20Ducheny%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance sponsorship letter for SB 358, which would boost the opportunities for nongaming California Indian tribes to establish a firm economic base for their members’ future. Dated March 18, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T17:50:11Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Senator%20Pat%20Wiggins%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance support letter for legislation to stop the practice of instream suction gold dredge mining until new regulations are in place to protect populations of aquatic species on the brink of extinction, including the Coho salmon in ancestral rivers of the Karuk Tribe. Dated March 18, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T17:51:14Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Morris%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter opposing the Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians' proposal to build a casino on land that has never been in their historical or cultural territory. Dated February 27, 2009 No publisher ctba Correspondence 2010-02-10T23:30:04Z File http://www.caltba.org/resources/Senate%20GO%20Letter.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter to Senator Roderick Wright, chair of the Senate G.O. Committee, opposing proposed legislation to legalize intrastate internet poker in California before a thorough and impartial review of the potential impacts has been prepared. Same letter sent to Assembly G.O. Chair Curren Price. Dated February 19, 2009. No publisher ctba Correspondence 2009-11-19T17:55:42Z File http://www.caltba.org/documents/morongo_letter_re_ad_campaign_040907.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter to Robert Martin, chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, expressing concern that Morongo's ad campaign implies that all California Indian tribes are participating in the ad campaign. Dated May 9, 2007. No publisher mcmahon Correspondence 2009-11-19T19:00:52Z File http://www.caltba.org/documents/ab_1336_1339_sponsorship_bass_041607.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance sponsorship letter for AB 1336 (Bass) and AB 1339 (Torrico), legislation which seeks to reduce problem gambling in California and to provide treatment options for problem gamblers. Dated April 16, 2007. No publisher mcmahon Correspondence 2009-11-19T20:11:19Z File http://www.caltba.org/documents/pombo_hr_4893_letter_090806.pdf California Tribal Business Alliance letter to Rep. Richard Pombo, chairman of the House Resources Committee, reiterating support for his HR 4893, which would limit the circumstances under which tribes may acquire lands for gaming. Dated September 8, 2006. No publisher mcmahon Correspondence 2009-11-19T19:24:35Z File