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San Diego County has prohibited the region’s 18 tribes from expanding their reservations for more than two decades. That ban, which was put into place when casino operations were proliferating at the turn of the century, could be lifted next week.
County Board of Supervisors Jim Desmond and Nora Vargas will propose Wednesday that the county repeal previously approved resolutions stifling tribal growth.
As part of the action, it would remove a blanket opposition to tribes processing fee-to-trust applications that transfer land purchased by tribes or tribal members to a trust under the U.S. government, allowing tribes to govern over and benefit from that land instead of the county. ....

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