Nearly 200,000 people left the Golden State last year, "marking the first population decline ever recorded in the state and underscoring larger trends that recently led to the loss of a Congressional seat," according to the Los Angeles Times. Here's some more news you may want to know ahead of the weekend: California's population falls for first time ever Have a friend who wants California news delivered to their inbox? Let them know they can sign up via this link. “It's been ground zero for them for forever.” Local gay men treat this as their living room,” said David Farnsworth, the co-owner and general manager of nearby Streetbar. Some started GoFundMe pages for Arenas bars. Customers sat in outdoor patios in 120-degree heat when they could have stayed home. To support local, independent, LGBTQ journalism, consider becoming a BAR member.Giesecke partially credits his business’ survival to the tight-knit community that came together and “formed ranks” around the historic street. Help keep the Bay Area Reporter going in these tough times. As it applies to rentals, the Southern California order is scheduled to expire December 28, though it likely will be extended. The bars and restaurants there expanded with outdoor seating but that stopped with Southern California's stay-at-home order. Most of the Palm Springs' gay bars are downtown on the block of E. that all the city's gay bars have survived the pandemic and he has not heard of any of the city's gay resorts that have had to permanently close.
Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism public relations manager Randy Garner told the B.A.R. Spring will again be a challenge, but it's nice to see light at the end of the tunnel." We are expecting our best fall ever, and if things fall right, a great summer as well. "The pent-up demand is off the hook right now. "I think it will surprise people just how fast travel comes back," he said. Jackson told the Bay Area Reporter that he expects the hotel business to bounce back quickly after the pandemic. They hired a crane to lift two large modern figure sculptures by artist Mavis McClure to be placed on opposite sides of the resort's kidney-shaped pool. They remodeled the interior of the rooms, enlarging the bathrooms without changing any of the mid-century modern architecture of the complex. But Jackson and Miller quickly put those worries to rest. When the couple bought the property from the beloved former owners John Williams and Jean-Guy Lachance, regulars feared that the property wouldn't be kept up as well. We care too much for them to let a new buyer take away the magical place they all know and love." We've built a strong clientele who have come to rely on Palm Springs and INNdulge as their yearly vacation destination. "We wouldn't want someone coming in and destroying the concept. "We've spent the last 10 years improving the property into a luxury gay resort," Jackson said.
They explained that attention to quality went into their reasoning for making sure the buyer will keep it as a gay resort. Jackson and Miller are known for maintaining the property to very high standards over the past decade. "(The broker) said that if we were thinking of selling INNdulge in the next five years, we should do it now." "If it wasn't for a call from our broker, we would never have considered leaving so soon," Jackson said.
The couple were recently advised to sell because of a change in the market causing commercial investors to focus away from buying retail or office space and look toward lodging as a safer bet. "We never thought about owning a hotel until we learned the iconic INNdulge resort in Palm Springs was for sale," Jackson explained about his purchase of the 1958 mid-century modern property. Jackson and Miller say the decision to buy InnDulge 10 years ago was a whim and the decision to sell was also not planned. In 2019, All Worlds Resort's main complex became a heterosexual swingers resort although it still operates a gay resort in the expansive annex property across the street, which used to be the Inn Exile resort. Three of the formerly gay resorts in Warm Sands have converted to mainstream in recent years. Longtime fans of the resort will be happy to know that the couple has stipulated that whoever buys it keeps the property as a gay resort.
INNdulge's owners Jon Jackson and his partner, Sandy Miller, are selling the hotel in the Warm Sands neighborhood for $10.8 million. One of Palm Springs' best-known gay resorts is up for sale.