Beacon Award Participant Profile
City of Palm Springs
Palm Springs Interim Accomplishments as of 9/2011
December 6, 2010
“The City of Palm Springs has identified sustainability and the creation of a comprehensive plan for sustainability as a priority for the coming year. Our quality of life is dependent upon our ability to translate that intention into a reality.” -Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, “The Palm Springs Path to Sustainability” memo, May 29, 2008
About Palm Springs
- Incorporated: 1938
- Population: 47,601 (2009)
- Location: Western edge of the Coachella Valley in central Riverside County, 107 miles east of Los Angeles
- Elevation: 487 feet
- Area: 95 square miles
Climate Action Activities
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- ICLEI member (current as of May 2011)
- U.S. Conference of Mayor Climate Protection Agreement Signatory
- Desert Cities Energy Leader Partnership member (Southern California Edison)
- Established Office of Sustainability
- Established Mayor’s Leadership Council
- Established Sustainability Commission in 2009
- Established Green Business Partnership Program in May 2010
- Completed agency and community greenhouse gas inventory, October 2010
- Climate Action Plan in process
Beacon Award Accomplishments
Climate Action Resources
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Office of Sustainability
- Mayor’s Leadership Council
- Sustainability Commission
- 3rd Annual Sustainability Summit presentation with greenhouse gas inventory results
- “Path to Sustainability” Memo from Mayor Steve Pougnet
- 2010 Annual Report of the City of Palm Springs’ Office of Sustainability
The Beacon Award program is funded by California utility ratepayers and administered by Southern California Gas Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison, under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.