The ball is rolling for Costa Mesa’s One Metro West, a long-awaited 16-acre mixed-use project that received approval two years ago after facing pushback and legal challenges from the community.
Developers of the 1,057-unit mixed use complex are requesting a special election under Measure Y, just as city officials consider loosening the law's mandates for being too restrictive to necessary growth.
One council member’s 2020 campaign statements pertaining to a 15-acre housing development planned for the city’s north end caused a public hearing for the project to be canceled Tuesday.