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Palm Springs chief economic development officer resigns days after council debate over consulting contract
Wayne Olson’s exit follows a meeting where he defended a $170K contract amendment as vital to the city’s economic plan while two councilmembers questioned more consultant work.
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Palm Springs panels take up affordable housing, vacation rental hearings and climate plans this week
Four city bodies — including an appeals board with three enforcement cases on the docket — meet Monday through Wednesday on development, short-term rental regulation and sustainability.
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Palm Springs, Cathedral City and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians are partnering on a two-year effort to widen and retrofit a heavily traveled Coachella Valley crossing.
Guide Dogs of the Desert board chairman to step down amid leadership restructuring
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Palm Springs to mark Juneteenth with a full weekend of events honoring Black history and culture
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Council approves $4 million purchase of part of historic Town & Country Center for new fire station
The city has been searching in earnest for a new location for a downtown fire station since February 2025, when a city-commissioned consultant report on fire services found that Fire Station No. 1 is “woefully out of date.”
$170K consulting contract tabled as council debates economic development approach
A vote on the amendment, which would push the city’s total commitment to CVL Economics to nearly $593,000, was postponed to allow an absent councilmember to weigh in.