Palm Springs plans for 2,557 new units in Housing Element desertsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from desertsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Palm Springs City Council on Thursday reviewed two recent hot-button approvals from the city s planning commission, and allowed the two projects a cannabis facility expansion and a housing development in endangered beetle territory to move forward.
At councilmember request, the council reviewed the planning commission s approval of the expansion of the Kings Garden cannabis cultivation facility from 37,787 square feet to 212,027 square feet, as well as the approval of an 80-unit single-family housing project planned for the southwest corner of East Palm Canyon Drive and Matthew Drive.
Both projects will move forward, with some additional conditions placed on the Kings Garden project.
Palm Springs reduces funding for CVEP as it grapples with economic development kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UPDATE: Palm Springs cuts ties with Well In The Desert; Well President responds
Palm Springs cuts ties with Well In The Desert
The City of Palm Springs cut its ties with a homeless services agency Well In The Desert Thursday evening.
The city council voted in agreement in part due to an ongoing discussion about the organization s conditional-use permit for its main location on Calle Encilia.
Councilmembers voted to revoke Well In The Desert s permit to operate the center.
Former City Manager David Ready told KESQ News Channel 3 in March, complaints about homeless in the city, and complaints about Well clients had increased over the past year.
Palm Springs cuts ties with Well In The Desert kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.