The Riverside County Registrar of Voters began mailing out absentee ballots this week for Cathedral City’s
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters began mailing out absentee ballots this week for Cathedral City’s March 2 election on short-term vacation rentals.
Opposing signs for and against Measure B sit on Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City, Calif on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The ballot initiative will allow voters to decide on the future of short-term rentals in the city during a March 2 special election.
Short-term rental owner and property manager Kevin Ogilvie holds a decibel monitor and reader in the house he manages in Cathedral City, Calif. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The monitor allows Ogilvie to track decibel levels on the property. Ogilvie is secretary of I Love Cathedral City, a group that opposes the short-term rental ban.
A short-term rental managed by Palm Luxury Properties in Cathedral City, Calif. is shown on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
A Ring doorbell sits on the outside wall of a short-term rental property managed by Palm Luxury Properties in Cathedral City, Calif. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
A sign encouraging Cathedral City, Calif. voters to choose in favor of Measure B sits on the side of McCallum Way on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The ballot initiative will allow voters to decide on the future of short-term rentals in the city during a March 2 special election.
Short-term rental owner and property manager Kevin Ogilvie stands in the backyard and pool area of a house he manages in Cathedral City, Calif. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Ogilvie is secretary of I Love Cathedral City, a group that opposes the short-term rental ban.
Assistant property manager William Navarrete, left, and property manager Kevin Ogilvie, right, of Palm Luxury Properties, stand in the doorway of a rental house they manage in Cathedral City, Calif. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Ogilvie is secretary of I Love Cathedral City, a group that wants short-term rentals in the city.
The master bedroom of a short-term rental in Cathedral City, Calif. managed by Palm Luxury Properties is shown on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Cathedral City residents Teri Hargreaves and Doug Evans stand with a sign opposing short-term rentals on Monday, November 9, 2020. Hargreaves and Evans are part of the leadership of a group that objects to short-term rentals in the city.
Cathedral City resident Teri Hargreaves stands in front of her home on Monday, November 9, 2020. Hargreaves is part of the leadership in opposition to short-term rentals in the city. A short-term rental home is located directly behind her home.
A sign with a slogan in favor of banning short term rentals sits in the front yard of a home in Cathedral City, Calif. on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
Cathedral City resident Teri Hargreaves plays a sound recording of noise from the Airbnb rental home directly behind her house on Monday, November 9, 2020. Hargreaves is part of the leadership in opposition to short-term rentals in the city. A short-term rental home is located directly behind her home.
Cathedral City resident Teri Hargreaves stands on a ladder and extends the tarp curtain she and her husband created as a barrier between their home and the Airbnb home directly behind them on Monday, November 9, 2020. Hargreaves is part of the leadership in opposition to short-term rentals in the city. A short-term rental home is located directly behind her home.
A sign with a slogan in favor of banning short term rentals sits in the front yard of a home in Cathedral City, Calif. on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
A number of homeowners on Durango Road in Cathedral City, Calif. have publicly displayed support of banning short term rentals in the city. The street is picture on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
Charlie McClendon, city manager for Cathedral City, speaks at a forum on short-term vacation rentals.
16/16 SLIDES
Approximately 21,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to Cathedral City voters this week for the upcoming special election.
Unlike the Nov. 3 election, vote-by-mail ballots will not be mailed to every registered voter. Permanent vote-by-mail voters will automatically receive a ballot, and other voters can request a one-time vote-by-mail ballot.
A “yes” vote on Measure B will uphold the city council’s decision to phase out short-term rentals by 2023. There are exceptions for home owners associations and “home-sharing” arrangements, or a rental where a permanent resident is also staying at the property.
Voters have until Feb. 23 to request a vote-by-mail ballot. Completed vote-by-mail ballots must be received at the Registrar of Voters office or at the Cathedral City Hall by the close of polls on March 2, or must be postmarked on or before March 2 and arrive no later than March 5.
Drop-off boxes for vote-by-mail ballots are available at Cathedral City Hall and outside the registrar’s office at 2720 Gateway Drive in Riverside. Vote-by-mail ballots can also be dropped off at Cathedral City polling places by 8 p.m. on March 2.
In-person early voting began Monday at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office, and continues weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The registrar’s office will also be open on March 2 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On March 2, polling places will be open at Cathedral City’s City Hall, 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero; the Cathedral City Branch Library, 33-520 Date Palm Drive; and Northgate Community Church, 30-010 Date Palm Drive.
For more information on voting in the March 2 special election, visit to www.voteinfo.net.
Erin Rode covers the western Coachella Valley cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs. Reach her at erin.rode@desertsun.com.
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