Former Palm Springs mayor Steve Pougnet was sentenced to two years probation, avoiding jail time despite admitting he took ...

Steve Pougnet had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy with a major real estate developer in a scheme that ran from 2012 to ...

Ex-Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet was sentenced Wednesday to two years’ felony probation for accepting six-figure bribes to publicly support development projects in the city. Pougnet, 62, in May ...

The Palm Springs City Council voted 5 to 0 to appoint Jeffrey Ballinger, a Best Best & Krieger partner who also serves as the city attorney in Fontana and San Juan Capistrano, to the post.

A Riverside County Civil Grand Jury investigation has revealed serious oversight failures in Palm Springs. It's from a $700 ...

Palm Springs' main city attorney, Jeff Ballinger, works for the same law firm as one of COD's lawyers, Carlos Campos. Due to that potential conflict of interest, both the city and the college ...

The Palm Springs City Council appointed a new city attorney during Wednesday’s city council meeting. Councilmembers voted 5-0 to officially appoint Jeffrey S. Ballinger as the new city attorney.

That counteroffer, which was sent to the city attorney Wednesday, came about six weeks after the city offered to pay about $4.3 million by giving 145 households about $30,000 each.

The Palm Springs City Council said it will take action to right the "wrong" that occurred when the city helped clear homes on Section 14 decades ago.

Last April, the Palm Springs City Council would not approve a consultant agreement to develop Section 14 reparations programs. In a 3-2 vote, the council struck down a proposed 12-month contract ...

The attorney for a group of former residents and others with ties to Palm Springs' Section 14 area submitted a new offer to the city this week that would have the city provide compensation with a ...