Diana Ferrer
City Hall reporter covering the council, elections, the city manager's office, and the city's agencies and boards.
Stories by Diana
Council extends data center moratorium to 2028, giving zoning rewrite two more years
The unanimous September 30 vote turns the 45-day pause into a nearly two-year freeze, joining Coachella, Indio and Desert Hot Springs in holding the line on data centers while Palm Springs writes the rules.
Three council seats on the November 3 ballot as Palm Springs votes by district
Voters in Districts 1, 2 and 3 will choose their council representatives November 3. Districts 4 and 5 return to the ballot in 2028.
City Manager Scott Stiles to retire November 1 after three and a half years leading Palm Springs
Stiles, who joined the city in March 2023 after seven years running Garden Grove, announced his retirement this month. The council must now find his successor.
Council keeps unopposed District 2 contest on the November ballot despite $22,000 price tag
Councilmember Jeffrey Bernstein was the only candidate to file, but the council voted 3-1 to let voters decide rather than appoint him to another term.
Nine months after the State of the City, Palm Springs has a new mayor, a retiring manager and three seats on the ballot
Ron deHarte's December address promised a city moving forward. Since then, the leadership has turned over and the open files have piled up.