Grace Garner
Candidate for City Council Member, Palm Springs, District 1 · Councilmember, City of Palm Springs
Grace Garner is a Palm Springs native and second-generation resident, and the first Latina elected to the city council, where she has served since December 2019 and is its most senior member. She served as mayor in 2023, during Tropical Storm Hilary. Earlier she served on the Palm Springs Planning Commission and the council-appointed California Voting Rights Act Working Group. She is a senior policy advisor to Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and sits on the boards of Desert Regional Medical Center and the CSUSB Philanthropy Board.
Cites hundreds of affordable housing units built in her district and wants to see the convention center, library, airport and Fire Station 1 projects through.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports diversified housing and new retail, including a grocery store, through the Tramview Heights specific plan, and points to hundreds of affordable units built in her district.
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Is working with the police chief on pedestrian and traffic safety as the city discusses traffic-calming measures such as road diets, and with SunLine Transit to put pedestrian safety materials in bus shelters.
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Says the convention center, library, airport and Fire Station 1 projects need experienced leadership to be completed.
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