Starting in 2016, the Donald Trump administration placed on pause most such considerations. Redding Rancheria filed its original application in 2010 seeking to have the Barack Obama administration restore the Rancheria’s I-5 property into trust status, thus allowing tribal officials to continue promoting projects of self-sufficiency, self-determination and economic development, according to Edwards during her State of the Tribe report for 2019, 20. Then, add in various objections raised by neighboring property owners, politicians and competing Indian casinos in nearby counties already operating along I-5. The legal process is a long and complicated one for several reasons, not the least of which are regulations and rules that seem to change with every new presidential administration, she added. “ We are hopeful this whole process wraps up this year,” she added. “ At this point, it is a waiting game until the Department of the Interior issues a positive Record of Decision to take our I-5 property into trust for gaming purposes,” Edwards noted.
Tracy Edwards, Redding Rancheria Chief Executive Officer.
