Costa Mesa City Council
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Costa Mesa City Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
Term limits | 2 terms |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Mayor pro tem | Jeff Harlan, D since December 6, 2022 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 7 |
Political groups | Officially nonpartisan
|
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[edit]
The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
1953-2018 (at large)[edit]
From 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[edit]
In 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[edit]
The 2020 election completed the transition to by-district elections, with each district having elected a councilmember.
| Month/Year | Mayor | Mayor Pro Tem | District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
References[edit]
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