
Lytton Savings constructed the building on Sunset Boulevard as a new home office (as part of the larger Lytton Center), reflecting its modernity in the architectural design, transparency, and integrated art component. Their growth, along with the growth of the region, translated to the need for increased office space. Savings and loans were in high demand in the postwar years, as they financed the massive residential development boom.
The savings and loans specialized in long-term personal lending, like savings accounts, certificates of deposits, and home mortgages, in contrast to traditional banks that focused on commercial and business clients. Lytton Savings, like Home Savings, California Federal, Great Western, and others, was a savings and loan financial institution that grew after World War II as an alternative to traditional banks.
Allow the Lytton Band to continue its current Class II gaming at San Pablo.Lytton Savings typifies the national banking trends in the postwar years. No tribe in California has ever successfully completed this two-part process This process requires the tribe to obtain the direct consent of the Governor of California and the Secretary of the Interior, who must also consult with the local community and nearby tribes before Class III gaming may be allowed. Prevent the Lytton Band from engaging in Class III gaming unless they complete a rigorous two-part federal determination process. Prevent any expansion of the Casino San Pablo physical structure, now or in the future. Strike the loophole from the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act. Although the California Legislature did not ratify a compact authorizing the expansion, current law does not prevent the tribe from attempting to revive the plan in the future. The Lytton Band’s expansion plans met roadblocks, but were never legally dead. This enabled the tribe to circumvent federal rules making it difficult for tribes to build casinos on land purchased after October 17, 1988, when the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed. This amendment specifically allowed the Lytton tribe’s acquisition of its nine-acre San Pablo property to be taken into trust and backdated to October 17, 1988. The loophole was contained in an amendment to the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act, which was passed in December 2000. Under a loophole in federal law, the tribe could have pursued this expansion without going through the regular oversight process, which requires both gubernatorial and federal approval. In August 2004, the Lytton tribe proposed expanding its 70,000-square-foot Class II facility – which offers low-stakes card games and electronic bingo - into a 600,000-square-foot Class III mega-casino with 5,000 slot machines. In October 2000, the Lytton Band, a Sonoma County-based tribe, obtained the deed to an aging card club located near Interstate 80 in San Pablo. I hope the House votes in favor of this legislation, and I urge President Obama to sign it into law.” “I want to commend my Senate colleagues for passing this bill.
And it means that the Lytton Band must go through the congressionally mandated application and review process before it can expand its Bay Area casino operations. “This legislation was broadly supported in the community. “The United States Senate has taken an important step toward ensuring that the East Bay will not become home to large-scale, Nevada-style gaming in the near future,” Senator Feinstein said. Senator Feinstein’s legislation has the strong support of local officials. The controversy dates to the summer of 2004, when the Lytton tribe proposed expanding its existing 70,000-square-foot Class II facility into a massive, 600,000-square-foot Class III casino with 5,000 slot machines.Īlthough a compact authorizing the expansion was not ratified by the California Legislature, and the Lytton tribe backed away from their proposal, there is nothing in current law preventing the tribe from attempting to revive the proposal in the future. The legislation will resolve a long-running dispute between the local community and the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, and will end years of uncertainty over the future of gaming in San Pablo.
Senate last night unanimously approved legislation, introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), to prevent a major Nevada-style expansion of Casino San Pablo.