This California desert town is experiencing a marijuana boom From LA Times By Paloma Esquivel Contact Reporter     Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times Jon Richards, compliance manager at Patients Against Pain Cannabis Collective in Los Angeles, removes dead leaves, while inspecting marijuana plants for harvest inside a growing room. Patients Against Pain Cannabis Collective plans on being a tenant at Bob Selan's 380,000-square-foot marijuana growing business in Desert Hot Springs. Carlos Bravo, the owner of a tow company here, was at work late last year when a real estate agent came to him offering half a [...]

Desert Hot Springs at front of pot cultivation boom by Kia Farhang, The Desert Sun The city is one of the first in California to permit large-scale marijuana grow operations. Vacant land at the corner of Two Bunch Palms Trail and Little Morongo Road in Desert Hot Springs. The city has approved three massive marijuana cultivation facilities for this area.(Photo: Kia Farhang/The Desert Sun) The corner of Two Bunch Palms Trail and Little Morongo Road doesn’t offer much to visitors. A few nondescript warehouses dot the Desert Hot Springs land. Beer cans, broken glass and sand shift underfoot [...]

Downtown growth planned for Desert Hot Springs From City of Desert Hot Springs General Plan (2000) Final Parks & Recreation Master Plan Final Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Desert Hot Springs Existing Land Use Map Desert Hot Springs Boundary Map Vortex Specific Plan Downtown Plan Climate Action Plan 2009 Housing Element of the General Plan Fee Schedule