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The 1999 Tribal State compact was eventually signed by 61 Tribes, however only 39 were operating casinos at the time. The failure of the 1999 tribal state compacts is what created the public and local government backlash to tribal gaming expansion throughout California. The failure of the 1999 tribal state compacts extends to both financial and social justice issues. The social, economic and political cost to citizens, local government and state agencies resulting from this failure became the primary motivation for Governor Schwarzenegger to re-negotiate all of these compacts. Local government has no authority under the 1999 tribal state compacts to address off reservation impacts. Even though the compact calls for good faith efforts to mitigate off reservation environmental impacts, when tribes decide not to come to the table, negotiations with the affected local governments are aborted before they ever begin.