City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison has awarded the City Manager Leadership Award for the month of January to Recreation Supervisor Tiana Asmine. “Since arriving in Costa Mesa in 2021, Tiana has been instrumental in helping to bring classes and events back to life after the pandemic when we needed Read More
City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison presented the City Manager’s Leadership Award for the month of December to Lead Equipment Mechanic Evan Rodriguez. “I was impressed to learn that Evan has created an atmosphere and culture of excellence and customer service by cross training other members of his team on Read More
The Costa Mesa City Council is currently seeking residents to serve on the following City Commissions: Arts Commission: This Commission meets on the first Thursday of each month. With a motto of “City of the Arts”, the City holds in highest regard the vital role of the arts in the Read More
A new Costa Mesa City Council was sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 5 with voters re-electing Mayor John Stephens and Council Member Loren Gameros to District 2 and choosing new District 1 Council Member Mike Buley and new District 6 Council Member Jeff Pettis. The new Council joins existing Council Read More
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a jury verdict affirming the City of Costa Mesa’s sober living home ordinance in Ohio House, LLC. v. City of Costa Mesa. “This decision of the Ninth Circuit is the culmination of the hard work and wisdom of City Councils, Read More
Due to the observation of the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no residential street sweeping Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday Nov. 29. The street sweeping hiatus coincides with residential trash collection being pushed back one day due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This results in residential gutter lines being cluttered with Read More
Due to the observation of the Veterans Day holiday on Monday Nov. 11, there will be no residential street sweeping this entire week. This coincides with the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, which also observes this holiday by pushing trash collection back one day. This results in residential gutter lines being Read More
The City of Costa Mesa is pleased to announce the receipt of a $1.5 million grant from the State’s Clean Mobility Options program to launch Let’s Go Costa Mesa, a new on-demand rideshare service in partnership with Circuit to offer free, clean energy transportation to residents with limited or no Read More
Assistant City Manager Cecilia Gallardo-Daly joined Deputy City Manager Alma Reyes to present the October City Manager Leadership Award to Fire Captain Mike Ruhl. “As someone who worked closely with Mike, I can attest to his dedication to his work, family and faith,” Reyes said. “He is a true leader Read More
Costa Mesa City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison announced that Carrie Tai, a development services expert with more than 20 years of local government experience, will be the City’s new Director of Economic and Development Services. “We conducted a nationwide search to find the right person, and Carrie quickly became Read More
