What Costa Mesa is about to decide

The council meets for a study session at 5:00 PM in the City Council Chambers, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. The meeting is hybrid, in person and via Zoom webinar, with closed captioning in English and Spanish. The posted agenda carries a single study-session item and no consent calendar, public hearings, or closed session. These are pending discussions from the posted agenda — not outcomes. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda (PDF) · meeting page

💰 Money & revenue policy

• Measure Q ordinance revenue fund: the council will "review the revenue set-aside provisions of the Measure Q ordinance and provide direction to staff." The agenda does not describe the size of the fund, the set-aside percentages, or any proposed changes; the attached ordinance is titled "City of Costa Mesa Cannabis Tax Ordinance." Study Session Item 1 · File 26-372

🪑 Also on the agenda

• Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and adjournment. No other business is listed.
• Council listed on the agenda: Mayor John Stephens; Mayor Pro Tem Manuel Chavez (District 4); and Council Members Mike Buley (District 1), Loren Gameros (District 2), Andrea Marr (District 3), Arlis Reynolds (District 5), and Jeff Pettis (District 6). Staff listed: City Attorney Kimberly Hall Barlow and City Manager Cecilia Gallardo-Daly.
• Public comment: speakers get up to 3 minutes in the chamber or via the Zoom "raise hand" feature; written comments emailed to the City Clerk by 12:00 p.m. on the meeting day become part of the record. Agendas and reports are posted at costamesa.legistar.com.

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