29 Palms Neighbors

06/16/2026

June 15 2026 VHR (Vacation Home Rental) map update.
VHR numbers continue to drop throughout the city limits. Current Issued = 309 with 5 pending.

This is a map of issued and pending Vacation Home Rental (VHR) permits in the City of Twentynine Palms. This map is a volunteer project from 29 Palms Neighbors. We try to update the map quarterly. The City Cap for VHRs permits is 500. As of January 13, 2026 there were 322 active/issued permits with....

01/18/2026

The first VHR map update for 2026. Note: This is only for permitted and pending VHRs within the city limits of Twentynine Palms.

This is a map of issued and pending Vacation Home Rental (VHR) permits in the City of Twentynine Palms. This map is a volunteer project from 29 Palms Neighbors. We will attempt to update it quarterly. The City Cap for VHRs permits is 500. As of August 18, 2025 there were 345 active/issued permits wi...

09/10/2025

Just updated the VHR map for Twentynine Palms. (this is within the city limits only) There are currently 345 active/issued permits with 8 pending permits as of 18 Aug 2025. This is 18 less active/issued permits since our last update on April 28, 2025.

This is a map of issued and pending Vacation Home Rental (VHR) permits in the City of Twentynine Palms. This map is a volunteer project from 29 Palms Neighbors. We will attempt to update it quarterly. The City Cap for VHRs permits is 500. As of August 18, 2025 there were 345 active/issued permits wi...

07/12/2025

Amazingly, under current Twentynine Palms regulations it’s legal for the same CEQA consultant, Nicole Criste of Terra Nova, to act as the advisor for the developer and for the City. But is it ethical?

Twentynine Palms has a regulation that prevents this apparent conflict of interest when advising on hazardous waste projects “The person, or entity, preparing the documents required by the California Environmental Quality Act shall not be the same person, or entity, which acts as a consultant to the Local Assessment Committee.”

Should Twentynine Palms have a similar rule in place for projects like Ofland where multiple entitlements (zoning changes, development code amendments) are needed to approve a project?

Top and middle images: Nicole Criste of Terra Nova with Ofland representatives at the November 1, 2023 and February 29, 2024 community meetings; Bottom: Nicole Criste seated with City officials advising the Planning Commission at the Ofland hearing, June 25, 2025

07/06/2025

Yep, should be kicked back to the Planning Commission.

The Twentynine Palms Planning Commission abdicated its role in the planning process on the Ofland Hotel

06/29/2025

First round of a long road...

Ofland Resort gets full approval from the Planning Commission despite doubt among commissioners and public; next steps are in front of City Council

06/17/2025

Say No to Ofland has launched a website!

OFLAND Resort is a proposed luxury cabin hotel development in the Indian Cove neighborhood of Twentynine Palms CA. Say No to Ofland is a group of Twentynine Palms residents who support growth in the City. We also believe that development should follow a coherent plan and serve the City’s residents...

05/18/2025

Love desert tortoises? Dark night skies? Affordable housing?

Join us as we focus on the challenge of developing local economies— while also protecting rural neighborhoods
and fragile desert environments and wildlife.

Finding Balance:
A Morongo Basin Conversation on Development in our Desert Ecosystem

Saturday, May 31, 2025
3-5pm
Free!

Twentynine Palms Community Center
6547 Freedom Way.
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

Organized by the Morongo Basin Conservation Association and Indian Cove Neighbors