Chumash Seek Annexation, Tribal Leaders Re-elected | Real Estate

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr said Monday that she’s hoping to meet this week with Rep. Elton Gallegly to discuss the possibility of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians adding 1,400 acres of ranch land to their reservation through the federal government’s fee-to-trust process.

The process removes land from local jurisdiction and places it under sovereign tribal authority, making it exempt from local and state taxes and local planning and zoning laws.

The agriculturally zoned property in the Santa Ynez Valley was purchased by the Chumash in April last year from Fess Parker Enterprises for about $40 million, prompting rumors and speculation about what the tribe planned to do with the property.

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Source: Santa Maria Times

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Vincent Armenta, tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and all the incumbent members of the tribe’s business committee have been re-elected, the tribe announced Monday.

Business committee members are David Dominguez, Richard Gomez, Kenneth Kahn and Gary Pace. Armenta ran unopposed.

The tribe elects members of its business committee every two years.

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Source: Santa Maria Times