For years now, California Indian tribes have been able to legally operate casinos, provided that those casinos are located on reservation land. But that could soon change.

Under a bill approved by the state Senate in a  22-11 vote last week, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians will be allowed to build a casino on land that is off the reservation. 

For more on this, we're joined now by Greg Lucas, a contributing editor to Capitol Weekly.