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Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Moves Forward With Plan to Open Temporary Center casino in Vallejo, Californiaperhaps as early as January 2026. According to According to the Daily Republic, the site would be located on tribal land near the intersection of I-80 and Highway 37.
The casino would be a small, short-term operation, described as a “prerelease casino,” built using modular structures. It would feature Class II gaming machines, similar to bingo-style slot machines, where winnings come from a shared pool of players instead of the casino itself.
These projects have already provoked reactions. In March 2025, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Kletsel Dehe Nation filed a lawsuit, arguing that the lands were within Patwin ancestral territory and that the Bureau of Indian Affairs had not properly consulted before moving forward.
Scotts Valley Band temporary casino in Vallejo exercises ‘our gaming rights’
In a statement, the Scotts Valley Tribe told the news outlet: “The Tribe plans to operate a limited number of Class II gaming machines on its sovereign tribal lands, reusing existing modular buildings on-site to serve as a casino. »
Tribal Chairman Shawn Davis said the project is about both sovereignty and opportunity. “This facility will allow us to exercise our playing rights and provide significant economic opportunities for our members and all Vallejo residents as we work on our permanent facility. We are committed to working with the city and our neighbors to support and benefit the community as we develop our land.”
He also came down strongly on opposition to the project, adding: “We are moving forward despite deceptive opposition from a small handful of greedy casino operators led by Cache Creek. It has taken us generations of struggle to get to this point, and we look forward to building shared prosperity. Vallejo is our home; we are here to stay and here to make a difference in our community.”
The temporary casino would operate while the U.S. Department of the Interior revises its earlier approval of the project, which was issued on January 10, 2025. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled in November that the temporary casino Scotts Valley Tribe Could Keep Moving Forward during this examination.
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of the Interior has informed the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians that the agency will complete its review of the band’s Vallejo casino project “as expeditiously as possible.”" and that the initial DOI approval may have been based on a “legal error.”"
–Thomas Gase (@TgaseVTH) December 4, 2025
At the time, Anthony Roberts, President of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, told ReadWrite: “As the department stated in its letter announcing its decision to reconsider the project, this process will evaluate all facts and evidence – revealing what history already makes clear: Scotts Valley has no historical connection to this land. »
He continued: “For years, we have worked with our federal, state and local partners to shed light on the flaws in this process. We are grateful that the department can continue to do the right thing by evaluating all the evidence. We are confident that this review process will reveal the truth that Scotts Valley has tried to hide from the very beginning: their ancestral lands are not in Vallejo, and they never have been.”
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