Serving the cities of:
El Cajon

La Mesa

Lemon Grove
Powa?v

Sanree

Serving the
communities of:
Agua Calienre
Allied Gardens
Alpine

Barrett
Blossom Valley
Bostonia
Boulevard
Campo
Canebrake
Casa de 0m
College Area
Crest

uyamaca
Dehesa

Del erro
Descanso
Dulzura
Eucalyptus Hills
ernbrook
Flinn Springs
Granite Hills
Grantville
Guatay
Harbison Canyon
Jacumba
Jamul
Jolmstown
Julian

Lake Morena
Lakeside
Mount Helix
Pine Hills
Pine Valley
Potrero
Ramona
Ranclto San Diego
Rolando

San Carlos
San Pasqual
Santa Ysabel
Shelter Valley
Spring Valley
Tecate

Tierra del Sol
Vallecitos

Mnola

Serving the Indian
reservations of:
Barona

Campo

Cosmit
Ewiiaapaayp
lnaja

Jamal

La Pasta
Manzanita
Mesa Grande
Santa Ysabel

ycuan

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DIANNE JACOB

SUPERVISOR, SECOND DISTRICT
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

June 29, 2017

Ms. Jennifer Hill, Regional Director
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
1350 Front Street, Room 5056

San Diego, CA 92101

Dear

I am writing to request that the California Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC)
immediately rescind the amul Indian Village (J IV) interim operating permit to
serve alcohol. I?m aware that the alcohol license is still under appeal, but the
increase in DUI-related arrests and collisions, in addition to the signi?cantly above
average pace of other accidents near the casino, should leave ABC with no other
choice but to terminate the interim operating permit.

As stated in my previous letters to the ABC, I am also requesting that no liquor
license be considered for the IV casino until all of the traf?c mitigation in the
Caltrans ?nal environmental impact report (FEIR), and the intergovernmental
agreement with the County of San Diego is completed. As of this letter, there is still
a substantial amount of traf?c mitigation outlined in the Caltrans FEIR that is not
complete or hasn?t even been started. Considering the alcohol related incidents and
the tribe?s substantial failure to follow through on traf?c mitigation, ABC should
end the appeal process by withdrawing the license.

During the casino?s ?rst months of operation, from October 2016 to May 31, 2017,
the California Highway Patrol reported 99 collisions, 13 DUI-related collisions, and
10 DUI arrests on the stretch of impacted by the casino.

The decision by ABC to grant the IV an interim operating permit continues to put
the public at great risk. State Route 94 is a two?lane rural highway that is currently
performing at level of service (LOS) F. Adding alcohol to this already dangerous
situation is proving to be disastrous for public safety.

Due to the dire public safety hazard on this section of SR94, I strongly urge you to
immediately rescind the issuance of lV?s interim liquor license and withdraw any

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consideration of a permanent license until all of the required traf?c mitigation is in
place and it can be demonstrated that safety conditions on SR-94 have been fully
addressed.

 

DIA JACOB
Chairwoman