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Unidentified Costa Mesa resident asks council for five-year moratorium on his property purchases, recounts development disputes
Summary
An unidentified in-person commenter at the Feb. 17 Costa Mesa City Council closed session recounted past development efforts at 440 Fair and 1963 Wallace Avenue, said he spent $200,000 trying to build low-income housing, and asked the council to bar him from buying property in Costa Mesa for five years so his daughter might afford to buy later.
An unidentified in-person commenter told the Costa Mesa City Council on Feb. 17 that he had tried to develop 440 Fair as low-income housing but abandoned the project after neighborhood opposition and legal setbacks. “I spent $200,000, believe it or not,” the speaker said, describing neighbors’ opposition and subsequent legal restrictions that made development “almost impossible.”
The commenter…
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