Tag: Costa Mesa city council

Costa Mesa Officials Concerned Planned State Emergency Center Incompatible With Its Housing Goals

Costa Mesa officials are expressing concern that plans for California to build an emergency operations center on a portion of the state-owned Fairview Development Center—a now-shuttered hospital for the developmentally disabled—may impede the city’s plans for building housing at the location. Officials responded with a letter in April to the state’s plans to use portions…


Costa Mesa Receives $3.2 Million to Construct Café at Skate Park

The City of Costa Mesa will receive $3.2 million in funds from Orange County’s American Rescue Plan Act, created to help state and local governments recover from COVID-19. The money will be used to construct a café in the city’s Lions Park as well as expand the city’s skate park. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley…


Costa Mesa Receives $3.2 Million to Construct Café and Upgrade Skate Park

The City of Costa Mesa will receive $3.2 million in funds from Orange County’s American Rescue Plan Act, created to help state and local governments recover from COVID-19. The money will be used to construct a café in the city’s Lions Park as well as expand the city’s skate park. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley…


Proposed Dispensary Below Recovery Center Rejected in Costa Mesa

A new retail cannabis store was denied a location at 2001 Harbor Boulevard on Nov. 28 after a 4–2 vote by Costa Mesa’s Planning Commission, with commissioners Russell Toler  and Diane Russell dissenting, and commissioner Jon Zich absent. The denial comes after commissioners raised concerns about the location of a counseling center, which, in part, treats those with substance abuse, near the proposed dispensary’s desired location. “It just doesn’t make sense to put a retail storefront…


Proposed Dispensary Near Recovery Center Rejected in Costa Mesa

A new retail cannabis store was denied a location at 2001 Harbor Boulevard on Nov. 28 after a 4–2 vote by Costa Mesa’s Planning Commission, with commissioners Russell Toler  and Diane Russell dissenting, and commissioner Jon Zich absent. The denial comes after commissioners raised concerns about the location of a counseling center, which, in part, treats those with substance abuse, near the proposed dispensary’s desired location. “It just doesn’t make sense to put a retail storefront…


Proposed Cannabis Store Near Recovery Center Rejected in Costa Mesa

A new retail cannabis store was denied a location at 2001 Harbor Boulevard on Nov. 28 after a 4–2 vote by Costa Mesa’s Planning Commission, with commissioners Russell Toler  and Diane Russell dissenting, and commissioner Jon Zich absent. The denial comes after commissioners raised concerns about the location of a counseling center, which, in part, treats those with substance abuse, near the proposed store’s desired location. “It just doesn’t make sense to…


Cities in Orange County Condemn Violence Against Iranians

The cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa adopted stances against the current violence in Iran against protestors, during their Tuesday, Nov. 15 meetings. Without discussion, the Costa Mesa City Council approved a resolution announcing the city’s support for the Iranian-American community whose relatives and friends are currently being affected by violence and protests in…


Too Close to Call: Costa Mesa Early Election Results

Incumbent John Stephens holds a 7.7-point lead in the race for the mayor of Costa Mesa, California, over former state Sen. John Moorlach, according to results released Nov. 12 at 5 p.m. Stephens had 53.85 percent of the vote compared with Moorlach’s 46.15 percent. Stephens was appointed mayor in 2021 to replace then-mayor Katrina Foley…


Costa Mesa Officials Seek $3.5 Million to Redevelop Former Mental Hospital Into Housing

Costa Mesa city councilors voted unanimously Oct. 4 for a request for proposals of $3.5 million in state funds, which will be spent in planning for the redevelopment of a former mental hospital into residential and commercial properties. Located just south of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue, the 100-acre property was formerly the city’s Fairview…


Costa Mesa City Council Candidate Runs to End Partisan Politics

After serving six years on Costa Mesa’s planning commission with two years as its chair, Robert Dickson, a senior paralegal with an emphasis in environment and land issues at the law firm Latham & Watkins thought his time with city service was over. But he decided to run for the Costa Mesa City Council in…