The Owner's Manual

Who Governs What in the Coachella Valley

More than two dozen governments hold real authority in the Coachella Valley, including nine cities, five sovereign tribal nations, six water suppliers, two utilities, and three school districts, and their boundaries almost never match. This plain-language operating manual maps who actually controls each of sixteen core functions, so you learn the answer to "who needs to be in the room?" from a report instead of from an expensive mistake.