The document summarizes various developments and milestones in Palm Springs in 2011-2012. It discusses the defeat of a county jail proposal, support for a public-private partnership, improvements in tourism including new hotels and restaurants, economic revitalization downtown, the opening of business centers, success of the film festival, new residential developments, decreases in expenses and increases in cash reserves, groundbreaking of the College of the Desert campus, passage of Measure J, and upcoming project milestones for redevelopment including demolition and construction dates.