29 Palms Neighbors

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

05/09/2025

VHR map as of 28 Apr 25. Prior update was on 8 Jan 25. Since Jan there are 11 fewer VHRs in the city limits of Twentynine Palms. There are 6 pending permits as of 28 Apr 25.

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 April 28, 2025, there were 363 active issued permits wi...

05/07/2025

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 Community 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 Indian Cove Neighbors and the Morongo Basin Conservation Association

04/22/2025

VIa The Desert Trumpet
Tonight (Tuesday, 4/22) the 29 Palms City Council will take yet another look at commercial campgrounds and RV parks on land zoned Rural Living in Twentynine Palms.

A five-acre campground could potentially have 75 campsites. The code requires three trash enclosures for five acres plus an undetermined number of restrooms or toilet facility. There is no stipulation regarding fire rings or grills, no regulations about pets, no requirements to maintain dirt roads or provide environmental protections.

With our understaffed and overtaxed Code Compliance office, campgrounds might quickly turn into fetid, trashy burn zones that will blight our desert lands.

You ok with this?

Twentynine Palms Needs a Coherent and Visionary Development Plan

04/06/2025

The Desert Trumpet photo and video album from Morongo Basin's contribution to nationwide dissent on Saturday, April 5.

Morongo Basin residents showed their disapproval with the direction of the federal government as led by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Saturday, April 5. An estimated 250 people lined the four corners at Hwy 62 and Park Blvd. to join a nationwide “Hands Off” protest called by a coalition of more than 150 organizations including Indivisible, 50501 and locally, Morongo Basin Resistance. At least 1,600 protests took place across the country, with 100,000 people reported as gathering on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Our video and photo album of the April 5 rally