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Escena neighborhood identity sign

A newer master-planned community organized around an 18-hole golf course on the city’s eastern side.

Registered permits 0
Available 97 Estimated permits remaining before the 20% cap.
Waitlisted permit requests 0
Residential units 487

Location

Where Escena sits in Palm Springs

The highlighted boundary shows the neighborhood’s position within the City’s reporting map.

Latest permit status City data as of October 15, 2026
Escena Open Limited Constrained Reporting area No data for this snapshot Roads
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Neighborhood overview

What Escena is like

Escena represents a newer chapter of Palm Springs development, with contemporary residential enclaves, a golf course, and clubhouse arranged within a large master plan. Its open eastern setting differs from the tighter historic neighborhoods closer to downtown.

This is a concise orientation, not a boundary or property-level determination. Use the official neighborhood map for an address lookup.

Permit history

Vacation-rental density over time

The solid line follows the City’s published density for Escena. The dashed line marks the 20% cap.

Published density 20% cap

Only available City snapshots are shown, equally spaced. Lines connect consecutive months only; missing months are omitted, not estimated. Density can change when the City revises its residential-unit count.

Monthly vacation-rental permit history for Escena
Month Density Registered permits Available Waitlisted permit requests
October 2026 0.00% 0 97 0
September 2026 0.00% 0 97 0
August 2026 0.00% 0 97 0
December 2025 0.00% 0 97 0
December 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
May 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
April 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
March 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
February 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
January 2024 0.00% 0 — 0
December 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
November 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
October 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
September 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
August 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
July 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
June 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
May 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
April 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
March 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
February 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
January 2023 0.00% 0 — 0
December 2022 0.00% 0 — 0
November 2022 0.00% 0 — —

* A City-published permit waitlist takes precedence over calculated availability. A dash means the City source did not report that field.

Historical counts · Older definitions

Earlier vacation-rental counts

The City’s 2022 workshop exhibit records Escena from 2017 to 2022. The name is associated with this profile for reference; historical boundaries and the counted property types have not been established as equivalent to today’s reporting.

Each dot is a recorded count, with no values inferred between dates. The 2021 observation has no exact date. These figures do not establish historical availability or waitlists, and today’s 20% cap is not applied.

Historical vacation-rental counts for Escena
Recorded periodVacation-rental count
December 20170
December 20180
December 20191
December 20200
2021 (date unspecified)0
February 1, 20220
July 28, 20220

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