State measures would lure tribe, Compton to gaming table - 2004-02-25
A rival faction of a severely split Los Angeles County tribe would be permitted to construct a casino in Compton under legislation introduced by a state policymaker.
A pair of bills by Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, D-Compton, would declare an abandoned auto mall the reservation of the Gabrielino Tongva tribe and order the state to award a gambling settlement, or compact, authorizing a casino at the site.
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