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Costa Mesa City Council | |
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Type | |
Term limits | 2 terms |
Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Mayor pro tem | Jeff Harlan, D since December 6, 2022 |
Structure | |
Seats | 7 |
Political groups | Officially nonpartisan
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Length of term | Mayor: 2 years Councilmembers: 4 years |
Elections | |
Single-member districts | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 5, 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Costa Mesa City Hall 77 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 | |
Website | |
Official Website |
The Costa Mesa City Council is the governing body of the city of Costa Mesa, California. The city operates under a council-manager form of government with a separately elected mayor and a council-appointed city manager. The council currently consists of 7 members, one of whom is the mayor. City council members serve a four-year term while the mayor serves a two-year term. Both council members and the mayor are limited to two successive terms.
Current Members
editThe Costa Mesa City Council consists of 6 Democrats and 1 Republican, though state law mandates that local elections be officially nonpartisan.
District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) | Entered office | Next election |
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Mayor | John Stephens | Democratic | 2021 | 2024 |
1 | Don Harper | Republican | 2020 | 2024 |
2 | Loren Gameros | Democratic | 2020 | 2024 |
3 | Andrea Marr | Democratic | 2018 | 2026 |
4 | Manuel Chavez | Democratic | 2018 | 2026 |
5 | Arlis Reynolds | Democratic | 2018 | 2026 |
6 | Jeff Harlan (Mayor pro tem) | Democratic | 2020 | 2024 |
Past councils
edit1953-2018 (at large)
editFrom 1954 to 1980, general municipal elections were conducted in March or April of even-numbered years. The 1954 election put all 5 Council seats on the ballot, with the top two vote-getters, Charles TeWinkle and Claire M. Nelson, receiving a full four year term and the bottom three receiving a two year term. In November 1981, the City Council adopted Ordinance 81-22[1] which consolidated future general municipal elections with the November statewide general elections.
Month/Year | Mayor | Mayor Pro Tem/
Vice Mayor |
Members | ||||
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June 1953 | Charles TeWinkle | Bert Smith | Charles TeWinkle | Claire M. Nelson | Bruce Martin | Walter Miller | Bert Smith |
April 1954 | Claire M. Nelson | Bruce Martin | Alvin Pinkley | ||||
January 1956 | Arthur Meyers | ||||||
April 1956 | |||||||
July 1957 | John Smith | ||||||
April 1958 | John Smith | Berth Smith | Everett Rea | ||||
April 1960 | Arthur Meyers | John Smith | Robert Wilson | ||||
April 1962 | Alvin Pinkley | Robert Wilson | Joseph Tomchak | ||||
August 1963 | Willard Jordan | ||||||
April 1964 | Robert Wilson | Willard Jordan | Calvin Barck | ||||
April 1965 | Thomas Thompson | ||||||
April 1966 | Willard Jordan | Calvin Barck | George Tucker | ||||
April 1968 | Alvin Pinkley | Robert Wilson | William St. Clair | ||||
April 1970 | Robert Wilson | Willard Jordan | Jack Hammett | ||||
April 1972 | Jack Hammett | Dom Raciti | |||||
March 1974 | Robert Wilson | Jack Hammett | Norma Hertzog | ||||
March 1975 | Alvin Pinkley | ||||||
March 1976 | Dom Raciti | Edward McFarland | Mary Smallwood | ||||
March 1977 | Norma Hertzog | ||||||
March 1978 | Edward McFarland | Mary Smallwood | Arlene Schafer | ||||
October 1978 | Arlene Schafer | Donn Hall | |||||
April 1980 | Arlene Schafer | Donn Hall | Eric Johnson | Edward McFarland | |||
November 1982 | Donn Hall | Eric Johnson | |||||
November 1984 | Norma Hertzog | Mary Hornbuckle | Mary Hornbuckle | Dave Wheeler | |||
November 1986 | Donn Hall | Orville Amburgey | Peter Buffa | Orville Amburgey | |||
December 1988 | Peter Buffa | Mary Hornbuckle | Ed Glasgow | Sandra Genis | |||
December 1990 | Mary Hornbuckle | Sandra Genis | Jay Humphrey | ||||
July 1991 | Joseph Erickson | ||||||
December 1992 | Sandra Genis | Jay Humphrey | |||||
December 1994 | Joseph Erickson | Peter Buffa | Gary Monahan | ||||
December 1996 | Peter Buffa | Gary Monahan | Elizabeth Cowan | Heather Somers | |||
December 1998 | Gary Monahan | Elizabeth Cowan | Linda Dixon | ||||
December 2000 | Elizabeth Cowan | Linda Dixon | Chris Steel | Karen Robinson | |||
December 2001 | Linda Dixon | Gary Monahan | |||||
December 2002 | Karen Robinson | Chris Steel | Allan Mansoor | ||||
May 2003 | Gary Monahan | Mike Sheafer | |||||
December 2003 | Allan Mansoor | ||||||
January 2005 | Allan Mansoor | Gary Monahan | Linda Dixon | Eric Bever | Katrina Foley | ||
November 2005 | Eric Bever | ||||||
December 2006 | Wendy Leece | ||||||
January 2008 | Eric Bever | Allan Mansoor | |||||
December 2008 | Allan Mansoor | Wendy Leece | Gary Monahan | ||||
December 2010 | Gary Monahan | James Righeimer | James Righeimer | ||||
January 2011 | Stephen Mensinger | ||||||
March 2012 | Eric Bever | ||||||
December 2012 | James Righeimer | Stephen Mensinger | Sandra Genis | ||||
December 2014 | Stephen Mensinger | James Righeimer | Katrina Foley | ||||
December 2016 | Katrina Foley | Sandra Genis | John Stephens | Allan Mansoor | |||
November 2017 | Sandra Genis | Allan Mansoor |
2018-2020 (Transition)
editIn 2016, the voters approved Costa Mesa Measure EE, which transitioned the Council from an at-large system and appointed mayor, to a by-district system with a directly elected mayor. The 2018 election had candidates for mayor and three council districts, with three remaining councilmembers finishing their four year term.
Month/Year | Mayor | Mayor Pro Tem | District | At large | ||||
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3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
December 2018 | Katrina Foley | John Stephens | Andrea Marr | Manuel Chavez | Arlis Reynolds | John Stephens | Allan Mansoor | Sandra Genis |
2020 and after (by district)
editThe 2020 election completed the transition to by-district elections, with each district having elected a councilmember.
Month/Year | Mayor | Mayor Pro Tem | District | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
December 2020 | Katrina Foley | Andrea Marr | Don Harper | Loren Gameros | Andrea Marr | Manuel Chavez | Arlis Reynolds | Jeff Harlan |
March 2021 | John Stephens | |||||||
December 2022 | Jeff Harlan |
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