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RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, March 10, 2026
Council gets a raise while solar, Flock, and internal tensions simmer
 • Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, February 24, 2026
Budget Approvals, Infrastructure Magic, and Continued Public Pushback on Surveillance
 • Kat Talley-Jones
ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council, February 24, 2026
Mid-(fiscal) year budget reviews reveal strong reserves amid rising costs
 • Kat Talley-Jones
RECAP: Twentyine Palms City Council, January 27, 2026
Flock cameras and data centers dominate public comment
 • Cindy Bernard
ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council Meeting, January 27, 2026
A packed consent calendar, possible FLOCK camera concerns from residents and a sales tax increase survey
 • Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council meeting, November 12, 2025
Affordable housing can gets kicked down the road, City of 29 Palms Visitor Center to remain open, septic tank updates, fee waiver policy tightens up.
 • Natalie Zuk
ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council, Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Sheriff contract strains a small-town budget, Visitor Center woes, plus affordable housing and animal shelter updates
 • Natalie Zuk
RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, October 14, 2026
Council moves City one step closer to a ballot measure increasing sales tax by 1%
 • Cindy Bernard
ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council, October 14, 2025
K-B Mart mystery solved, USGS unicorn funded and $122,250 is requested to assess resident tolerance for a sales tax increase
 • Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Tourism Business Improvement District Meeting, August 14, 2025
Promotions, social media contractor selection, grant guidelines revamped, and budget approval
 • Kat Talley-Jones
ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID), August 14, 2025
Grant changes, social media contractors and a draft of the 2025-2026 marketing plan and budget to be discussed in an off-calendar meeting
 • Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council Meeting, June 10, 2025
A marathon of speculative budgeting ended on Tuesday when the Council successfully passed three budgets before July 1, but the community events funding…
 • Anita Carraher and Cindy Bernard
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