After more than three hours of public comment, the Costa Mesa Planning Commission voted 4-2 Monday night to recommend that the City Council certify the Environmental Impact Report and adopt the Fairview Developmental Center (FDC) Specific Plan, clearing the way for a project that allows a minimum of 2,300 housing units and up to 4,000 on the former state hospital site. Commissioners Angely Andrade Vallarta, David Martinez, Karen Klepack and Chair Jeffrey Harlan voted yes. Com

We Are Costa Mesa June 30, 2026 ~4 min read Newport Beach is officially moving its shelter partnership out of Costa Mesa. (Article Here) After years of relying on Costa Mesa's Bridge Shelter, Newport Beach is now contracting with Huntington Beach for shelter bed space, and leaders there say the move will save roughly $1 million per year. That should concern every Costa Mesa taxpayer. But it should also sound familiar, because it fits a pattern. One by one, the city's working