The City of Costa Mesa’s Housing Ad Hoc Committee will be hosting a Community Forum virtually via Zoom on Tuesday Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. to discuss the Housing Element and Measure Y. The Ad Hoc Committee will take public input, understand the purpose and challenges of Measure Y, and discuss a viable path forward for the city’s Housing Element and housing goals.

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In October, the City Council created an Housing Ad Hoc Committee, whose members are Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Marr, Council Members Arlis Reynolds and Jeff Harlan, to participate and advise on City activities and actions pertaining to the Housing Element implementation and ongoing compliance with State housing element law.

Since then, the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) determined that Costa Mesa’s Measure Y is a constraint to the development of housing and conflicts with State law.

Measure Y requires a vote of the people for certain types of development in the City, including housing projects.