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Posted inLocal Issues

A Baffling Budget: Regarding Transparency and an Impending Financial Crisis, the Palm Springs City Council Has a Lot to Do

It’s official: Palm Springs now has the highest sales tax in Riverside County. Thanks to newly approved Measure D, the rate will be 9.25 percent. The half-cent sales-tax hike will bring in an extra $6.7 million annually, according to estimates. Voters in November also approved Measure E, a new tax on recreational marijuana. These new […]

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