Raymond “Chuckie” Hitchcock is of Miwok & Nisenan decent. He is the Tribal Chairman and CEO of Wilton Rancheria, the only Native American Tribe in Sacramento County. The tribe is developing a $500 million casino/hotel/event center in Elk Grove. 

As Wilton Rancheria’s resort and casino project continues to make progress, elkgrovenews.net’s apparent determination to publish specious claims and biased opinion under the guise of “news” becomes more desperate. The latest distortion represents a new low in scare tactics. To be clear, the project will not be a magnet for prostitution or human trafficking. And, it’s time to put to rest the false claim that the community had no voice in the project.

Governor Jerry Brown signed a gaming compact between the tribe and the state on Tuesday. The approval allows the tribe the casino complex along Highway 99 in Elk Grove. The project includes a hotel and a convention center.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the tribal gaming compact for a $500 million casino in Elk Grove.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Tuesday that green-lights plans by the Wilton Rancheria Miwok tribe to build a large casino near Sacramento.

Wilton Rancheria’s plan to build a tribal casino in Elk Grove took another step forward Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill ratifying a compact between the state of California and the tribe.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1606, giving the Wilton Rancheria Tribe the go-ahead to build a $400 million casino in Elk Grove, which became a hotly contested issue in the community over the last couple years.

Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law Assembly Bill 1606, which ratifies the tribal gaming compact between Wilton Rancheria and the State of California. The governor’s action followed unanimous votes by the State Senate and State Assembly to ratify the agreement, and the Governor’s approval of the compact on July 19.

Chairman Hitchcock was invited to provide a response to a story posted on this site yesterday

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two gaming compacts. The legislature has approved one of them and will soon take up the other. The compacts are with the Tule River tribe and the Wilton Rancheria of Miwok Indians.