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Palm Springs Area: Cathedral City
built 204 days ago
The City of Palm Springs is a charter city, with a charter adopted by the voters in 1994. It consists of a Council-Manager government, with a five-person city council that hires a city manager and city attorney. The mayor is directly elected and serves a four-year term. The other four council members ... serve four-year terms, with staggered elections. The City is considered a full-service city, in that it staffs and manages its own police and fire departments including a jail, parks and recreation programs, public library, sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, international airport, and planning and building services. The city council also serves as the Community Redevelopment Agency, the Housing Authority, and the Financing Authority.
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Palm Springs - The whole area is often referred to as “Palm Springs,” but it’s actually a single city — and the one that started the tourism ball rolling at the turn of the century. History is part of the draw today, from its charming village atmosphere to its now world-famous collection of Mid-Century Modern architecture.
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Public education in Palm Springs is under the jurisdiction of the Palm Springs Unified School District, an independent district with five board members. The District has fourteen elementary schools, four middle schools, three comprehensive high schools, one continuation high school, one independent study program, eight headstart/state preschools, three full-day headstart programs, four childcare programs, and an extensive adult education program. The PSUSD serves the Desert Communities of Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Thousand Palms. [2]
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Desert Film Society A new film is screened the first Saturday each month at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, followed by a discussion. Call (760) 772-3666 for more information. VillageFest Enjoy arts, crafts, food, live music, children’s activities and a farmers’ market, along North Palm Canyon Drive from Biristo Road to Amado Road on Thursday evenings. Call (800) 927-7256 for more information. Street Fair On weekend mornings, the city of Palm Desert hosts arts, crafts, food and live entertainment in the downtown area. Call (760) 773-2567 for more information.
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These Palm Springs area outlet stores are among California's best - and are located in clusters of stores and marketed under two different names - Desert Hills Outlets and Cabazon Outlet stores. The stores are located between the city of Banning and the city of Palm Springs, Ca just east of Interstate 10.
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Although Palm Springs has traditionally been a conservative city, the 2006 gay and lesbian population in Palm Springs is estimated to be about seven times the national average. [1] This concentration is even greater than that of San Francisco, which has approximately five times the national average. Gay residents represent about 35 percent of those who are year-round residents.
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