...Title
Actions Related to Cardroom Status Report. (Torres and Doan)
...Recommendations
1. Direct Staff to align the City’s regulations with the State which already has a robust regulatory program by removing duplicative regulations and functions performed by the San José Division of Gaming Control and eliminate the Cardroom Regulatory Fee in its entirety.
2. Implement a new fee, in coordination with the Cardrooms, to create a fund that will do the following:
a. Enforce against illegal gaming operations in San José;
b. Promote awareness and prevention of gambling disorders and making treatment available to those negatively impacted by the problem of gambling amongst minority communities, especially the Asian Community that are disproportionately negatively affected by gaming;
c. Evaluate the effectiveness of the funds currently allocated to non-profit organizations to deal with problem gaming and see if those funds can have greater impact or better allocated.
3. Direct Staff to engage with the City’s two cardrooms to implement recommendation #2.
4. Return to the City Council with the above changes by June 2024.
[Referred from 2/15/2024 PSFSS Meeting - Item (d)1 (CC 24-293)]