Editor's Note: Charter was adopted by Resolution 97-55 and certified by Resolution 97-100.

We the people of the City of Palm Desert declare our intent to maintain in our community the historic principles of self-governance inherent in the doctrine of home-rule. (Sincerely committed to the belief that local government has the closest affinity to the people governed, and firm in the conviction that the economic and fiscal independence of our local government will better serve and promote the health, safety and welfare of all the citizens of this City, we do hereby exercise the express right granted by the Constitution of the State of California to enact and adopt this Charter for the City of Palm Desert.