To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com From: "maywood2008" <gonzolawyer@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:35:25 -0000 Subject: [lpaz-discuss] Re: no search warrents needed for indian homes???? --- In lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com, mike ross wrote: > hmmm.... when you take part in this socialist welfare > scheme and rent a home on the indian reservation does > that mean the cops are allowed into your home anytime > they want??? as this statement implys. > > "Residents also said that too many people have > access to their homes, including police and > exterminators." The article doesn't explain how police gain access to people's homes, so I can't comment on that. It's undoubtedly part of the rental agreement that the landlord can have free access to the home for the exterminator. The police? I'd have to know the facts. But Indians living on reservations have the right to be free from unreasonable searches & seizures and to have warrants issued only upon a showing of probable cause. Under the Indian Civil Rights Act, 25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., Indians are guaranteed the same rights in tribal court that U.S. citizens have under the Fourth Amendment in federal, state and local courts. David Euchner > Original Article > > Tribe boosts house rents, draws protest > > Maggie Galehouse > The Arizona Republic > May. 24, 2005 12:00 AM > > SALT RIVER RESERVATION - Low-income residents picketed > the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's > Housing Department on Monday. > > Their pink and green signs detailed monthly rent > increases, lack of privacy and poor living conditions > in the Canalside community. > > "I'm a single parent with three kids," said Lori > Lerma, who lives in a four-bedroom home. Lerma said > her rent increase to $351, from $270, was > unprecedented and unexpected. For residents paying > $250, rents rose to $325. > > Lerma works full time, but neighbors Mary Phillips, > 47, and Tracy Smith, 36, live on fixed incomes. They > said previous monthly rent raises were no more than > $10. > > Housing Department letters in December told of a rent > increase, effective in March. Officials said leases > signed by Canalside residents indicated that rents > would rise but did not specify an amount. > > "When you think of four bedrooms and think of $351 a > month, it's a very good deal," said Janet Johnson, > community relations director. > > Housing officials said the increase covers Canalside > improvements including security lights and fencing. > > But the residents, who have collected 23 signatures > from Canalside's 60 homes, said the lighting is bad > and many are awaiting the fences. > > Residents also said that too many people have access > to their homes, including police and exterminators. > > The housing board has scheduled a meeting with > Canalside residents at 5:30 p.m. June 7, in the Early > Childhood building on Chaparral Road and Center > Street. > >