List of mayors of Palm Springs, California
The Mayor of Palm Springs, California is a largely ceremonial title, elected at-large, with no executive functions. The Mayor is the chairman of the city council meetings. The legislative body is the five-member city council, which is voted into office by public elections. The Council appoints a professional manager to oversee the administrative operations, implement its policies, and advise it. The city of Palm Springs is a council-manager type government.[1]
The office of mayor was created in 1938 when Palm Springs was officially established as a city. Palm Springs residents voted on the issue of incorporation and for the first members of the city council on April 12, 1938. There were 910 registered voters in the city. Voters cast their ballots 442 in favor and 211 opposed.[2] Upon certification of the election results the city’s incorporation was finalized on April 20, 1938.
The mayor was not directly elected until 1982. Palm Springs Mayors serve a four-year term. There are no term limits for the mayor or members of the city council.
This is a List of Mayors of Palm Springs, California.
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1 | Phillip L. Boyd | April 1938 – April 1942 | First mayor under the original city charter. The city was 16 square miles and represented by seven wards.[2] | ||
2 | Frank V. Shannon | April 1942 – April 1944 |
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3 | Eugene E. Therieau | April 1944 – April 1946 |
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4 | Clarence E. Hyde | April 1946 – April 1948 |
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5 | Charles Farrell | April 1948 – July 1953 |
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6 | Florian Boyd | July 1953 – November 1957 |
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7 | Gerald K. Sanborn | November 1957 – April 1958 | Acting mayor | ||
8 | Frank Bogert | April 1958 – January 1966 |
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9 | George Beebe, Jr. | January 1966 – April 1966 | Acting mayor | ||
10 | Edgar L. McCoubrey | April 1966 – April 1967 |
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11 | Howard Wiefels | April 1967 – March 1974 |
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12 | William Foster | April 1974 – March 1977 |
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13 | Russ Beirich | March 1977 – April 1980 |
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14 | John Doyle | April 1980 – April 1982 | |||
15 | Frank Bogert | April 1982 – April 1988 | First directly elected mayor | ||
16 | Sonny Bono | April 1988 – April 1992 |
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17 | Lloyd Maryanov | April 1992 – December 1995 |
Date for elections moved from April to November to coincide with state and nation election cycles. |
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18 | William G. Kleindienst | December 1995 – December 1999 December 1999 – December 2003 |
First two-term directly elected mayor[17] |
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19 | Ron Oden | December 2003 – December 2007 | First African-American and openly gay mayor[35] |
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20 | Steve Pougnet | December 2007 – present |
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See also
- Palm Springs Walk of Stars – which has "Golden Palm Stars" dedicated to former mayors Farrell, Bogert, Foster, Bono and Oden.[47]
- List of people from Palm Springs, California
References
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