CITY HALL UPDATE FOR JULY 2026: A MONTH OF CONTROVERSY, PLANNING, AND MAJOR POLICY DECISIONS

🏢Costa Mesa Planning Commission Special Meeting – Monday, August 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM 📍 City Council Chambers, 77 Fair Drive 📄 View the Agenda here. Attend in person or by Zoom, watch on TV, or on YouTube. Instructions are in the Agenda. 🎤 PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is the time for YOU to comment for THREE FREE minutes on ANYTHING that is not on the agenda. There will also be a public comment period for each Agenda item. WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

March 2026 Costa Mesa City Hall Update Part One--If you blinked, you might’ve missed a lot

f you want to skip to the item that will most likely have the most impact on your daily life, go to the Planning Commission New Business item near the bottom.

But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! From “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns Translation: But little mouse, you’re not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid plans of mice and men Go oft awry, And leave us only grief and pain, For promised joy! A PLANNING PROCESS IN DISARRAY If grief and pain were on dis

Besides the early December meeting of the City Council, things were somewhat calm at City Hall. Here’s an update: Council and Committee Meetings: City Council held only one meeting on December 2, and we already covered it in a special update since it concerned the Draft Fairview Park Master Plan Update. Please read that dispatch here: https://www.costamesa1st.com/post/city-update-for-november-2025-and-the-december-2-2025-city-council-meeting-fairview-park-master Planning

City Meeting Update is Here!

On Monday, November 13, 2023, the Costa Mesa Planning Commission (well, most of it, three members were absent) held the first of two...