{"id":9951,"date":"2023-08-01T16:06:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9951"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:06:37","slug":"issa-bill-preserving-pala-tribe-land-becomes-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9951","title":{"rendered":"Issa Bill Preserving Pala Tribe Land Becomes Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 Legislation\u00a0sponsored by Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48)\u00a0to place more than 700 acres of sacred land into tribal trust is now law after being signed by the President.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023\u00a0<\/em>(H.R. 423)\u00a0incorporates\u00a0720 acres of\u00a0ancestral\u00a0land\u00a0in San Diego County\u00a0into the Pala Band\u00a0of Mission Indians\u2019 reservation, protecting the land from development and preserving historic sites for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the enactment of the\u00a0<em>Pala Act,\u00a0<\/em>historic lands belonging to the Pala\u00a0Tribe\u00a0will now be preserved in perpetuity. I am proud to partner with the Pala Tribe on this important step to protect their lands and safeguard their culture\u00a0for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The property includes the remaining portion of San Diego County\u2019s Gregory Mountain that is not on the existing Pala\u00a0reservation. In a 2019 testimony before the House of Representatives, Pala Band Chairman Robert Smith stated that the land was historically occupied by Native peoples and is a site of an ancestral village, rock art paintings, artifacts, and more culturally meaningful components.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the\u00a0House and Senate with wide bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p>The full\u00a0bill\u00a0text\u00a0can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/house.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=79f80f32deac84587357d78d9&amp;id=5cd2b633b2&amp;e=fc694ebc1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/house.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D79f80f32deac84587357d78d9%26id%3D5cd2b633b2%26e%3Dfc694ebc1d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1691017528545000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ITnH2XXaV7Wzdx40TwAVB\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Darrell Issa is the Representative of California\u2019s 48th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and eastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, Poway, Temecula, Murrieta, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 Legislation\u00a0sponsored by Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48)\u00a0to place more than 700 acres of sacred land into tribal trust is now law after being signed by the President. The\u00a0Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023\u00a0(H.R. 423)\u00a0incorporates\u00a0720 acres of\u00a0ancestral\u00a0land\u00a0in San Diego County\u00a0into the Pala Band\u00a0of Mission Indians\u2019 reservation, protecting the land from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Issa Bill Preserving Pala Tribe Land Becomes Law - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9951\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Issa Bill Preserving Pala Tribe Land Becomes Law - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC \u2013 Legislation\u00a0sponsored by Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48)\u00a0to place more than 700 acres of sacred land into tribal trust is now law after being signed by the President. 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