City Council Meetings are held in person, but you can participate or watch the meeting via a live-stream. To view or speak at the meeting, please use the following link: https://palmdesert.zoom.us/.

If you have questions about how to speak via our Zoom link, please expand the accordion tab below. Our City Council meetings are also streamed live on our on our YouTube channel. Past City Council Meetings can also be viewed on YouTube.

To view or speak at a board, commission, committee, or task force meeting, please use the link provided in the published agenda. Agendas for appointed bodies can be found below. 

• Click here for more information on resident committees

All city meetings are being held in person. Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings at Palm Desert City Hall, but they can also participate remotely. The four methods for speaking at meetings are listed below.

For City Council and Planning Commission meetings, upon arrival at the Council Chamber, a “speaker card” should be completed and submitted to the City Clerk. Speakers may address the City Council when the Mayor announces the item of business and the City Clerk calls the speaker to the podium.

Palm Desert City Hall 
73510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260

For all other meetings, please notify the recording secretary upon your arrival that you wish to speak. 

Please send all messages to cityclerk@palmdesert.gov. E-mails received prior to 10:00 a.m. on the day of the City Council meeting will be made part of the record and distributed to City Council. E-mails will not be read aloud. For all other meetings, please refer to the published agenda for the submission deadline. 

Virtual meetings are conducted with Zoom. The meeting link for the Council Meeting will be available at palmdesert.zoom.us. For all other meetings, please refer to the published agenda. 

Participate Using Your Telephone

• Step 1: Dial any of the following based on your location: (669) 900-9128 or (213) 338-8477 or (669) 219-2599 or (971) 247-1195 or (253) 215-8782. If there is a high volume of calls, please continue dialing until you connect successfully.
• Step 2: Enter the Meeting ID: 833 6744 9572 followed by #.
• Step 3: Indicate that you are a participant by pressing # to continue. You will hear audio of the meeting in progress. Remain on the line if the meeting has not yet started.
• Step 4: During the meeting, Press *9 to add yourself to the queue and wait for City Clerk staff to announce your name/phone number. The City Clerk will unmute your line when it is your turn to speak. Limit your comments to three minutes.

Residents may subscribe to receive email notifications when agendas are published for upcoming meetings of the City Council, commissions, committees, boards, and taskforces.

To sign up or manage your preferences, please visit the link below and complete the registration form:

• Register for Agenda Notifications

After submitting your information, you will receive a confirmation email. Once confirmed, you will begin receiving timely agenda notifications based on your selected preferences. You may update or unsubscribe at any time using the same page.

Pursuant to SB 707, the following meeting locations may be used for meetings conducted under the Brown Act teleconference provisions:

Primary Meeting Locations

• City Council Chamber, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California
• Administrative Conference Room, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California

Secondary Meeting Locations

• North Wing Conference Room, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California
• Public Works Conference Room, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California
• Portola Community Center, 45480 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert, California
• Palm Desert Community Center, 43900 San Pablo Avenue, Palm Desert, California
• Desert Willow Golf Resort, 38995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert, California
• JW Marriott, 74855 Country Club Drive, Palm Desert, California

Emergency Meeting Locations

• City Corp Yard, 74705 42nd Avenue, Palm Desert, California
• Civic Center Substation, 73520 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert California
• Sheriff Substation, 73705 Gerlad Ford Drive, Palm Desert, California