Cahuilla County, California

Last updated October 15, 2019

Cahuilla County was a proposed county initiated by the residents of eastern Riverside County, California in the 1980s. It was named after the Cahuilla people, being the homeland of the Native American Tribe for over 2,000 years.^[1]

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The ballot measure was ultimately defeated.

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The eastern border of the county would have included the current Riverside County's existing eastern county-line north and south of Blythe along the Colorado River and Arizona border. The western border of the county (either the city limits of Banning/Beaumont or near Cabazon) would have included the mountain community of Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains, east of the Hemet area which would have remained in Riverside County.

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Proponents argued at the time that the eastern Colorado Desert and Peninsular Ranges mountain areas were distinct from the western urban basin area, commonly known as the Inland Empire, and they were too far removed from the county seat at Riverside, about 70 miles from the possible Cahuilla county seat of Indio.

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The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of the Cahuilla, located in Riverside County, California. They inhabited the Coachella Valley desert and surrounding mountains between 5000 BCE and 500 AD. With the establishment of the reservations, the Cahuilla were officially divided into 10 sovereign nations, including the Agua Caliente Band.

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SunLine Transit Agency, a transit operator in Riverside County, California, is a transit agency providing bus service in the Coachella Valley area and Riverside–Downtown Area during Peak Hours Only.

New Arena at Agua Caliente is the tentative name of a planned multi-purpose 10,000 seat indoor arena to be built in Palm Springs, California. It would be constructed on part of the parking lots of the Spa Resort Casino and be owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians with Oak View Group as the arena operator. Its primary use would be as the home of the Palm Springs AHL team of the American Hockey League (AHL). It would also hold other events via a contract with Live Nation and have an adjoining facility that will serve as a year-round community gathering space as well as the training center for the AHL team. Groundbreaking and construction on the arena is expected to begin in February 2020, with completion by the fall of 2021.

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