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City of Palm Desert

General-purpose government in California. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 161240 · Census county field: Riverside · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
Names, roles & contact channels

Published local officials

5 source-linked entries for Palm Desert city, compiled by CivicPatch. Each entry keeps the source's update date and government links.

A dated roster, not a live verification. We matched this jurisdiction to its exact Census identifier. Continued service, complete seat coverage, and your individual district representative have not been independently verified. Check the linked government source before contacting an official.

Evan Trubee

  • MayorPublished term: 2022 – 2026

Source updated

Government profile ↗Email: cityhall@palmdesert.govPublished phone: (760) 776-6311
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Gina Nestande

  • Council Member, District 3Published term: 2024 – 2028

Source updated

Government profile ↗Email: cityhall@palmdesert.govPublished phone: (760) 776-6312
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Jan Harnik

  • Council MemberPublished term: 2022 – 2026

Source updated

Government profile ↗Email: cityhall@palmdesert.govPublished phone: (760) 776-6314
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Joe Pradetto

  • Mayor Pro Tempore, District 2Published term: 2024 – 2028

Source updated

Government profile ↗Email: cityhall@palmdesert.govPublished phone: (760) 776-6316
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Karina Moreno

  • Council Member, District 1Published term: 2024 – 2028

Source updated

Government profile ↗Email: cityhall@palmdesert.govPublished phone: (760) 776-6313
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Audit the exact CivicPatch snapshot ↗Data license ↗Imported 2026-10-02. Import date is not a new source-verification date.
The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
161240
Record type
General-purpose government
Classification
Municipal
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address73510 FRED WARING DR · PALM DESERT, CA · 92260-2578
Reported contact roleDirector of Finance

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldRiverside
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Official 2026 California roster

Current public officials reported by the jurisdiction

Open CalRoster source ↗
INCORPORATED CITY OR TOWN DIRECTORY

City of Palm Desert

View source page 61 ↗

Governing board and executive

Records and elections

Finance and property

Public safety and justice

Administration

City ManagerChris Escobedo
City AttorneyIsra Shah- BBK

Education and libraries

School SuperintendentDr. Kelly May-Vollmar
Phone(760) 346-0611Address73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260Jurisdiction websitehttps://www.palmdesert.gov/home ↗

The CalRoster labels county entries elected and appointed officials and does not publish a selection method for each individual role. The source compiler therefore does not infer elected or appointed status from the title alone. The Secretary of State notes that each local jurisdiction supplies its own roster data; this is a dated public record, not a live officeholder feed.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Population estimate51,9512023

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  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The separate 2026 CalRoster reports the public-official roles and holder text shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.
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How to interpret this record

City of Palm Desert, CA — 2026 Public Officials

Local government is a collection of institutions with different boundaries and responsibilities. A municipality, school district and special district can serve overlapping places without being the same organization.

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A mailing address can sit inside several governmental boundaries. A county, municipality, school district and special-purpose body may each make different decisions. The Census of Governments provides a structured way to identify governmental units; a unit’s existence does not automatically tell you who currently holds each seat or when its next election occurs.

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