Editing Desert Hot Springs, California (section)

===City government===
Desert Hot Springs is served by a five-member City Council: Mayor Scott Matas and Council Members Jan Pye, Russell Betts, Roger Nunez and Gary Gardner. Council members and the Mayor serve four-year terms. It operates as city manager form or government.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nyczepir|first=Dave|title=Desert Hot Springs picks Martín Magaña as city manager|journal=[[The Desert Sun]]|date=May 7, 2014|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2014/05/07/martin-magana-desert-hot-springs-city-manager/8811681/}}</ref>

Desert Hot Springs's outlying areas include non-county areas of Desert Hot Springs and nearby communities of Desert Edge, Sky Valley and North Palm Springs. On the western perimeter of the city (within city limits) are the newer master-planned communities of Mountain View Country Estates and Skyborne. Adjacent to Mountain View Country Estates is the older master-planned community of Mission Lakes Country Club in unincorporated Riverside County.