The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $630,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant to the City of Costa Mesa to develop a Safe Routes to School Action Plan. The grant will provide the City with funds to develop a comprehensive safety action plan with specific implementable project Read More
The Costa Mesa City Council is currently seeking residents to serve on the following City Committees: Animal Services Committee: This committee assists with the planning of animal related events, explores and provides recommendations to improve animal services, and promotes pet licensing within the City. The City is recruiting for three Read More
Costa Mesa drivers will need to slow down as City officials are lowering the posted speed limits on 17 segments throughout the City, in accordance with a recent engineering and traffic survey for speed limits and state law. These speed limit reductions reflect recent laws governing speed limits and the Read More
The City of Costa Mesa announced a $4.3 million General Fund surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, despite three years of an ongoing global pandemic and without the use of reserves. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the City Council was presented with the City’s audited Annual Comprehensive Financial Read More
The City of Costa Mesa is accepting applications from interested, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations operating within its jurisdiction that provide public services that benefit low- and moderate-income Costa Mesa residents and are eligible for grant funding under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program Read More
As a big winter storm approaches, Costa Mesa and the region, the city’s maintenance service crews have made sandbags available at City Hall in case of flooding. Sand bags are available for free to Costa Mesa residents in the southeast corner of the City Hall parking lot at 77 Fair Read More
The Costa Mesa City Council is currently seeking residents to serve on the following City Commissions: Parks and Community Services Commission: This Commission meets monthly, and advises and makes recommendations to the City Council on matters pertinent to public parks, recreation programs, equipment, facilities and improvements in operation and administration for Read More
City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison presented IT Network Administrator Robert Gonzalez with the monthly City Manager Leadership Award. “I am grateful to have Robert as strong a leader in our IT Department,” Farrell Harrison said. “I appreciate his positive attitude and how he treats everyone with respect, and he Read More
With the certification of the Nov. 8, 2022, General Municipal Election by the Orange County Registrar of Voters and the Costa Mesa City Council, Costa Mesa residents have voted to approve Measure K, the Ordinance to Revitalize Commercial and Industrial Areas and Protect Residential Neighborhoods. Measure K protects residential neighborhoods Read More
A new Costa Mesa City Council was sworn in Tuesday, Dec. 6 with voters electing John Stephens as Mayor and re-electing Mayor Pro-Tem and District 3 Council Member Andrea Marr, District 4 Council Member Manuel Chavez and District 5 Council Member Arlis Reynolds. “It’s not often that the voters show Read More
