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Costa Mesa Arts Commission weighs 1% for-art draft; builders urge incentives, not mandates
Summary
Staff presented a draft arts-in-public-places ordinance modeled on Laguna Beach that would require 1% for art on new development. The Building Industry Association urged exempting housing and recommended incentives such as expedited permitting and fee credits; commissioners asked staff to study incentive options and comparable cities.
Costa Mesa staff presented a draft "arts in public places" ordinance to the Arts Commission on Feb. 5 that would establish a 1% public-art requirement for public and private development, modeled in part after Laguna Beach.
Anna Grama, representing the Building Industry Association of Southern California (Orange County chapter), told commissioners the BIA supports public art in principle but warned the 1% mandate could become "a barrier to housing production." Grama urged the commission to…
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