California Counties Vote To Oppose Proposition 27

The California State Affiliation of Counties (CSAC), which is comprised of all 58 counties within the state, on Friday voted to oppose Proposition 27, the commercially backed on-line/cell wagering initiative that can be one among two sports activities betting initiatives on the November poll. The group joins many others throughout the state in opposing the measure, which it calls “misleading.”

Proposition 27, backed by Bally’s, BetMGM, DraftKings, Fanatics, FanDuel, PENN Leisure/Barstool Sportsbook, and WynnBET, would legalize statewide digital sports activities betting and would require platforms to be tethered to current tribal casinos. Ought to the measure go, operators could be taxed at 10%, with funds earmarked for homelessness and psychological well being applications. Proponents say the measure would generate a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} per yr. The state’s tribes would additionally get a lower of the earnings, because the proposal sends 15% of tax income to Indian Nation.

However opponents argue that the initiative will solely serve to line the pockets of operators and “will go away little for homelessness and psychological well being applications,” in line with a press launch despatched out by “No on 27.” That marketing campaign is backed by greater than 50 federally acknowledged California tribes, together with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the Pechanga Band of Luisieno Indians, and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.

“California’s counties are on the entrance traces of the homelessness and psychological well being disaster, offering safety-net applications and companies for unhoused residents. We rigorously reviewed Prop 27 and concluded it’s a foul deal for counties and for California,” mentioned Graham Knaus, govt director of the California State Affiliation of Counties by way of press launch.

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CSAC joins the League of California Cities, the state’s Democratic and Republican events, key political figures, and myriad civil rights, religion, and enterprise teams in opposing the measure, whereas three tribal nations and Main League Baseball have publicly introduced help.

Either side are spending a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} to persuade voters to solid ballots of their favor, and a latest report from the non-partisan unbiased analysis agency of Eilers & Krejcik predicts it’s unlikely that voters will legalize sports activities betting.

Californians have been subjected to fixed promoting on tv and social media in addition to textual content messages from either side of the measure. The sheer quantity of promoting has already induced some voters to take a look at on the difficulty.

“I’m sick and uninterested in seeing the fixed bombardment of the two playing advertisements on TV whatever the professionals and cons of their deserves or lack of,” a reader wrote in to Sports activities Deal with. “As a protest I’ll merely ignore these measures on the election poll.”

Analysts say voters will seemingly be confused by two initiatives on the identical topic. Along with Proposition 27, voters may also contemplate Proposition 26, which might legalize solely in-person wagering at tribal casinos and 4 horse racetracks. It will additionally enable current casinos so as to add some ball-and-dice video games to their choices and would change the best way that authorized challenges to gaming are dealt with within the state. Most tribes again Proposition 26, however California’s card rooms are staunchly against it.