The mayor of Palm Springs, California is a largely ceremonial title, elected at-large, with no executive functions.

The legislative body is the five-member city council, which is voted into office by public elections.

The Council appoints a professional manager to oversee the administrative operations, implement its policies, and advise it.

Palm Springs residents voted on the issue of incorporation and for the first members of the city council on April 12, 1938.

The mayor's role is now largely ceremonial and rotates annually among council members elected from five different districts.