Palm Desert City Council Races, Districts 1 And 2: CA Election

PALM DESERT, CA — The 2020 presidential election is here, but local politics arguably have a greater impact on communities. In Palm Desert, residents in Districts 1 and 2 are picking who they want to represent them for the next four years on city council.

In District 1 (downtown area), incumbent Susan Marie Weber is facing Karina Ivonne Quintanilla.

In District 2 (all of Palm Desert except downtown), incumbents Kathleen Kelly and Gina Nestande are being challenged by Steven Moyer and Evan Trubee.

(Find the city of Palm Desert district boundaries here.)

Palm Desert City Council is a five-member, non-partisan board. The members are elected to four-year terms.

With the Nov. 3, 2020 election, Palm Desert moved from an at-large election process — where voters across the city vote for all City Council members — to a by-district system in which voters in each district choose their representatives. The candidates must live in the district area for which they're running for election.

For the 2020 election, the city created a new downtown district from which one council member will be elected. The remaining four council members will continue to be elected at-large from the surrounding district.

The boundaries are not permanent and will be revisited in 2021 once data from the 2020 Census is available, according to the city.

"This process will ensure that the districts continue to proportionally represent all Palm Desert residents," according to the city.

Click here for more information about the election in Palm Desert.

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