Developers, protesters face off over One Metro West, going before Costa Mesa Council Tuesday
Opponents of One Metro West speak Friday with Brent Stoll of Rose Equities during a neighborhood block party at the OC Mix in Costa Mesa.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Print
Developers seeking to build a 15.23-acre mixed-use development with 1,057 apartments on an industrial area in Costa Mesa north of the 405 Freeway hosted a block party Friday days before the project will be heard by the City Council.
Held at the commercial SOCO and the OC Mix, adjacent to the proposed project location at 1683 Sunflower Ave., the rally was intended to drum up excitement and support in advance of a public hearing Tuesday.
Print
Does Costa Mesa need giant electronic billboards on our major streets, spewing ads from dawn till 2 a.m., all day, every day? That’s what the owners of Triangle Square want.
They’re asking the city to approve about 2,700 square feet of lighted digital signs with constantly changing copy. Yet, city codes clearly state that “electronic changeable copy signs, except theater marquees and time/temperature signs” are prohibited. Why is this even being considered?
From the beginning, the Triangle Square project has gotten special privileges, including increased floor area ratio and height, decreased parking, decreased open space and decreased setbacks.
Print
With Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley soon heading to the Orange County Board of Supervisors following a special election victory Tuesday, her city council colleagues are left to decide how to fill the remainder of her two-year term.
About 5,908 ballots remained to be counted as of Thursday, according to the county’s Registrar of Voters. Still, figures showed Foley maintaining a strong lead with 43.7% of the vote, 12,837 ballots ahead of the next top vote-getter, Republican challenger former state Sen. John Moorlach.
Election results will be certified by a March 17 deadline, although Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley is not expected to deliver the official results of Tuesday’s special election to the Board of Supervisors until March 23. That is the earliest Foley would be sworn in to office representing the board’s 2nd Supervisorial District.