Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

Signatories

2021

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City of Palm Springs

Palm Springs, CA

Christy Holstege

Mayor of Palm Springs

Pledge Summary

The City of Palm Springs pledges to helping monarch butterflies and other pollinators through city initiatives. Since monarch caterpillars will only feed on milkweed, the City of Palm Springs Parks Maintenance Department has planted milkweed plants at City parks, City Hall and in medians throughout the City.

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Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening

  • Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
  • Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
  • Engage with Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.
  • Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Systems Change

  • Launch, expand, or continue one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.