Good Morning Readers!
We’re two months into publishing The Desert Trumpet and it’s time to evolve. In addition to our news compilation which arrives in your inbox the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, we’ll be sending out an occasional long form feature on Thursdays.
This week we’re sharing our three most popular articles from the last two months. This includes our breakdown of the mammoth City Council agenda for their June 16 meeting which marks Council’s usual reduced summer schedule. Coming up on Thursdays this month, Natalie Zuk continues her series on Council Districts with District 3 and Jonathan Hume dives into the nuts and bolts of the Twentynine Palms Water District.
Remember you can always let us know how we’re doing by commenting in our discussion thread.
900+ ACRES NEAR NATIONAL PARK AT RISK
(May 6, 2022, 1472 views)
Surfing legend's estate eschews conservation, insists on sale to highest bidders
Desert Trumpet has learned that a single limited partnership, PMD Investments II, L.P. and its two principals, a brother and sister, control 38 parcels of undeveloped land totaling nearly 1000 acres located between Highway 62 and the Joshua Tree National Park boundary…
STATE REJECTS TWENTYNINE PALMS HOUSING ELEMENT
(April 22, 2022, 870 views)
CA HCD Cites Missing Data on Short Term Rentals, Other Issues
The state has rejected the City of Twentynine Palms housing element. In a Jan 28, 2022 letter, California HCD (Department of Housing and Community Development) requested substantial revisions to the Twentynine Palms housing element draft which the city submitted to HCD on Nov 29, 2021…..
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA BURIES THE LEAD - STAFF RECOMMENDS ABANDONING TAKEOVER OF WATER DISTRICT
(June 10, 2022, 386 views)
21 item agenda includes City Manager performance review, STVHR Permit fee increases, budget revisions, Luckie Park Pool AGAIN and....abandoned shopping carts.
At 5:33 PM on Thursday, June 9, the City Manager and City Clerk dropped a 21 item agenda and 535 page agenda packet on City Council and interested City residents….but buried deep inside are several items of note, including a recommendation that City Council accept the LAFCO draft report “without further…