Our Community matters. CASINOS DO NOT BELONG IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS!
Protect all California Residential Neighborhoods, Parks, Schools, and Churches. Don't allow this precedent to be set here! Issues: Environmental Impact, Lack of Water, Safety, Emergency Evacuation, placing a casino in a family residential neighborhood.

We need everyone’s support.

Main Concerns:

1. Fire, life and safety - this area had mandatory evacuations twice in 2017 for the Tubbs fire and again in 2019 for the Kincaid fire, which was ultimately stopped at East Shiloh and Faught road. East Shiloh is the only viable evacuation route. It was gridlock for hours. A future evacuation with the largest casino in Northern California could potentially add an additional 10,000 to 25,000 vehicles to the roadway. Even with road widening, Hwy 101 can only accommodate so many vehicles. We believe that any casino threatens this community's ability to safely evacuate and could potentially lead to loss of life.

2. Water - We are currently in the second year of drought and on mandatory water conservation. Residences along East Shiloh are already experiencing well failures. The water table cannot support the proposed level of increase. We don't know if the water table can continue to support the current level of usage.

3. Safety/Crime - No one wants to talk about crime or share statistics regarding the current largest casino in Northern California, Graton Rancheria in Rohnert Park, just 14 miles from this new proposed casino. There are agreements in place between the Rancheria and the RP police and city. But in talking with surrounding businesses, they have experienced increased theft, vandalism, drugs and prostitution since the casino went in. Our homes would be yards away from the proposed casino in our neighborhood. We do not believe that a casino business has any place in a residential neighborhood. Additionally, there is a little league baseball park, directly across the street from the proposed casino.

4. Traffic, light, sound, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. We live here and depend on our homes to rest and spend quality time with our families. This would no longer be possible as we are yards away from the site of the proposed casino and some of our homes are mere feet away from East Shiloh Road.

5. Environmental impact, both on wildlife, water, sewer, removal of vineyards which have provided a firebreak, pavement increasing run-off and creating more greenhouse gases, etc. This property is a designated floodway and floodplain with a protected riparian corridor flowing through. It is protected Valley Oak habitat.