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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کوستا مسا، کالیفورنیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کوستا مسا، کالیفورنیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Коста-Меса – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Коста-Меса" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Коста Меса (Калифорния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коста Меса (Калифорния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3nteelb%C4%85%C4%85h_Dah%CA%BCazk%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Tónteelbąąh Dahʼazkání – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tónteelbąąh Dahʼazkání" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B2sta_M%C3%A9%C5%9Ba" title="Còsta Méśa – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Còsta Méśa" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa_(Kalifornia)" title="Costa Mesa (Kalifornia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Costa Mesa (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کوستا مسا، کالیفرنیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوستا مسا، کالیفرنیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa,_California" title="Costa Mesa, California – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Costa Mesa, California" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="کؤستا مسا (کاليفؤرنيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کؤستا مسا (کاليفؤرنيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EB%A9%94%EC%82%AC" title="코스타메사 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코스타메사" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa,_Kalifornija" title="Costa Mesa, Kalifornija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Costa Mesa, Kalifornija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa_(Kalifornia)" title="Costa Mesa (Kalifornia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Costa Mesa (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa,_Kalifornia" title="Costa Mesa, Kalifornia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Costa Mesa, Kalifornia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a 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Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コスタメサ (カリフォルニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Коста-Меса – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Коста-Меса" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa" title="Costa Mesa – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Costa Mesa" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a 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org">Costa Mesa, California</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_California" title="List of municipalities in California">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diego_Sep%C3%BAlveda_Adobe_2013-11-02_17-26-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Diego Sepúlveda Adobe"><img alt="Diego Sepúlveda Adobe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Diego_Sep%C3%BAlveda_Adobe_2013-11-02_17-26-03.jpg/250px-Diego_Sep%C3%BAlveda_Adobe_2013-11-02_17-26-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Diego_Sep%C3%BAlveda_Adobe_2013-11-02_17-26-03.jpg/375px-Diego_Sep%C3%BAlveda_Adobe_2013-11-02_17-26-03.jpg 1.5x, 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Costa_Mesa,_California&params=33_39_54_N_117_54_44_W_type:city_region:US-CA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°39′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°54′44″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.66500°N 117.91222°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.66500; -117.91222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">June 29, 1953<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Council-manager">Council-manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">John Stephens</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_Pro_Tem" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor Pro Tem">Mayor Pro Tem</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Jeff Harlan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">Don Harper<br />Loren Gameros<br />Andrea Marr<br />Manuel Chavez<br />Arlis Reynolds</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="City Manager">City Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lori Ann Farrell Harrison<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">15.81 sq mi (40.96 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">15.81 sq mi (40.94 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.01 sq mi (0.02 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.29%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">98 ft (30 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">111,918</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">8th</a> in Orange County<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_California_cities_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest California cities by population">63rd</a> in California</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">7,080.73/sq mi (2,733.85/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Costa Mesan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%928" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−8">UTC−8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (PDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">92626–92628</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_714" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 714">714</a>/<a href="/wiki/Area_code_657" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 657">657</a>/<a href="/wiki/Area_code_949" title="Area code 949">949</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0616532">06-16532</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature IDs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1652692">1652692</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2410239">2410239</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.costamesaca.gov">www<wbr />.costamesaca<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Costa Mesa</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> for "coastal tableland")<sup id="cite_ref-cityname_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityname-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County, California</a>, United States. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Plaza%E2%80%93John_Wayne_Airport_edge_city" class="mw-redirect" title="South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city">South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city</a>, one of the region's largest commercial clusters, with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light manufacturing. The city is home to the two tallest skyscrapers in Orange County.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was 111,918 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg/170px-Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg/255px-Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg/340px-Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg 2x" data-file-width="486" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Don <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Yorba" title="Bernardo Yorba">Bernardo Yorba</a>, a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Californio" class="mw-redirect" title="Californio">Californio</a> ranchero, owned <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Santiago_de_Santa_Ana" title="Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana">Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana</a>, which included all of modern-day Costa Mesa.</figcaption></figure> <p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Tongva_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongva people">Tongva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Acjachemen" title="Acjachemen">Acjachemen</a> nations long inhabited the area. The Tongva villages of <a href="/wiki/Lupukngna" title="Lupukngna">Lupukngna</a>, at least 3,000 years old, and the shared Tongva and Acjachemen village of <a href="/wiki/Genga,_California" title="Genga, California">Genga</a>, at least 9,500 years old, were located in the area on the bluffs along the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_River" title="Santa Ana River">Santa Ana River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 1769 expedition of <a href="/wiki/Gaspar_de_Portol%C3%A0" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaspar de Portolà">Gaspar de Portolà</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> expedition led by <a href="/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra" title="Junípero Serra">Junípero Serra</a> named the area <a href="/wiki/Vallejo_de_Santa_Ana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallejo de Santa Ana">Vallejo de Santa Ana</a> (Valley of Saint Anne). On November 1, 1776, <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano" title="Mission San Juan Capistrano">Mission San Juan Capistrano</a> became the area's first permanent European settlement in <a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1801, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a> granted 62,500 acres (253 km<sup>2</sup>) to <a href="/wiki/Jose_Antonio_Yorba" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Antonio Yorba">Jose Antonio Yorba</a>, which he named Rancho San Antonio. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a>, California became part of the United States, and American settlers arrived in this area and formed the town of Fairview in the 1880s near the modern intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue. </p><p>To the south, meanwhile, the community of Harper had arisen on a siding of the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_and_Newport_Railway" title="Santa Ana and Newport Railway">Santa Ana and Newport Railway</a>, named after a local rancher. This town prospered on its agricultural goods. On May 11, 1920, Harper changed its name to Costa Mesa, which means "coastal tableland" in Spanish.<sup id="cite_ref-cityname_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityname-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a reference to the city's geography as being a plateau by the coast. <a href="/wiki/Fanny_Bixby_Spencer" title="Fanny Bixby Spencer">Fanny Bixby Spencer</a> and her husband sponsored the contest which selected the city's new name.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa Mesa surged in population during and after World War II, as many thousands trained at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_Army_Air_Base" title="Santa Ana Army Air Base">Santa Ana Army Air Base</a> and returned after the war with their families. Within three decades of incorporation, the city's population had nearly quintupled.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Mesa is located 37 miles (60 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, 87 miles (140 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> and 425 miles (684 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. Costa Mesa encompasses a total of 16 square miles (41 km<sup>2</sup>) with its southernmost border only 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Pacific Ocean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Mesa has a <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>BSh</i>) with mild temperatures year round. Rain falls primarily in the winter months and is close to nonexistent during the summer. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne_Airport" title="John Wayne Airport">John Wayne Airport</a>, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1998–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.1<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.2<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.3<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.6<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.0<br />(29.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.0<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.0<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.8<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.6<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.7<br />(26.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99.6<br />(37.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.7<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.2<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.3<br />(21.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.5<br />(24.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.9<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.8<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.4<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.0<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.3<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.4<br />(14.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.9<br />(18.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.6<br />(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.1<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.3<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.9<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.1<br />(19.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.0<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">57.2<br />(14.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.7<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.8<br />(9.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.5<br />(11.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.8<br />(16.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.7<br />(3.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.59<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.64<br />(67) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.62<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.52<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.27<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.01<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.04<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.01<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.10<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.54<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #E0FFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.80<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.04<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.18<br />(284) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>37,550</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>72,660</td><td></td><td>93.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>82,562</td><td></td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>96,357</td><td></td><td>16.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>108,724</td><td></td><td>12.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>109,960</td><td></td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>111,918</td><td></td><td>1.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020">2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Costa Mesa, California – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>61,778 </td> <td>56,993 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">54,169 </td> <td>56.82% </td> <td>51.83% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">48.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,313 </td> <td>1,352 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,306 </td> <td>1.21% </td> <td>1.23% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>329 </td> <td>266 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">232 </td> <td>0.30% </td> <td>0.24% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>7,421 </td> <td>8,483 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">9,455 </td> <td>6.83% </td> <td>7.71% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>601 </td> <td>486 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">412 </td> <td>0.55% </td> <td>0.44% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>220 </td> <td>243 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">618 </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td>0.22% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,539 </td> <td>2,734 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,931 </td> <td>2.34% </td> <td>2.49% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>34,523 </td> <td>39,403 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">40,795 </td> <td>31.75% </td> <td>35.83% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">36.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>108,724</b> </td> <td><b>109,960</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>111,918</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a> Costa Mesa had a population of 109,960. The population density was 7,004.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,704.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of Costa Mesa was 75,335 (68.5%) White (51.8% Non-Hispanic White),<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts.census.gov_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts.census.gov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1,640 (1.5%) African American, 686 (0.6%) Native American, 8,654 (7.9%) Asian, 527 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 17,992 (16.4%) from other races, and 5,126 (4.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39,403 persons (35.8%).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">Census</a> reported that 106,990 people (97.3% of the population) lived in households, 2,232 (2.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 738 (0.7%) were institutionalized.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There were 39,946 households, 12,298 (30.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 16,478 (41.3%) were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">opposite-sex married couples</a> living together, 4,369 (10.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,392 (6.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,013 (7.5%) <a href="/wiki/POSSLQ" title="POSSLQ">unmarried opposite-sex partnerships</a>, and 281 (0.7%) <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex partnerships">same-sex married couples or partnerships</a>. 10,963 households (27.4%) were one person and 2,775 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.68. There were 23,239 families (58.2% of households); the average family size was 3.30.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The age distribution was 23,682 people (21.5%) under the age of 18, 12,847 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 38,211 people (34.7%) aged 25 to 44, 25,106 people (22.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,114 people (9.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 33.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There were 42,120 housing units at an average density of 2,682.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 15,799 (39.6%) were owner-occupied and 24,147 (60.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%. 42,517 people (38.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 64,473 people (58.6%) lived in rental housing units. </p><p>During 2009–2013, Costa Mesa had a median household income of $65,830, with 15.1% of the population living below the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts.census.gov_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts.census.gov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000">2000</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Census">2000 census</a> there were 108,724 people in 39,206 households, including 22,778 families, in the city. The population density was 6,956.3 inhabitants per square mile (2,685.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 40,406 housing units at an average density of 2,585.2 units per square mile (998.2 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census#2000_census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">racial makeup</a> of the city was 69.48% White, 1.40% Black or African American, 0.78% Native American, 6.90% Asian, 0.60% Pacific Islander, 16.57% from other races, and 4.27% from two or more races. 31.75% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics in the United States">Hispanic</a> or Latino of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the 39,206 households 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 28.1% of households were one person and 6.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.34.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The age distribution was 23.2% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 39.0% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% 65 or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The median household income was $50,732 and the median family income was $55,456. Males had a median income of $38,670 versus $32,365 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,342. About 8.2% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/California_housing_shortage" title="California housing shortage">California housing shortage</a></div> <p>Measure Y is a ballot initiative <a href="/wiki/Municipal_elections_in_Costa_Mesa,_California#2016_Measure_Y_and_Measure_Z_Election" title="Municipal elections in Costa Mesa, California">approved by voters in 2016</a>. It requires public approval of projects that have a general plan amendment or zoning change and would add 40 or more dwelling units or 10,000 or more square feet of commercial space.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The median housing price is $807,000 ($505 per sq ft) and $3,500 for the median rent per month.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Measure Y was amended in 2022 by <a href="/wiki/Municipal_elections_in_Costa_Mesa,_California#2022_Measure_K_Election" title="Municipal elections in Costa Mesa, California">Measure K</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's economy relies heavily on retail and <a href="/wiki/Service_economy" title="Service economy">services</a>. The largest center of commercial activity is <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Plaza" title="South Coast Plaza">South Coast Plaza</a>, a shopping center noted for its architecture and size. The volume of sales generated by South Coast Plaza, on the strength of its more than 270 stores, places it among the highest volume regional shopping centers in the nation. It generates more than $1 billion per year in revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Metro" title="South Coast Metro">South Coast Metro</a> is a commercial, cultural, and residential district surrounding South Coast Plaza in northern Costa Mesa and southern Santa Ana, itself part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Plaza%E2%80%93John_Wayne_Airport_edge_city" class="mw-redirect" title="South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city">South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city</a>. </p><p>Some manufacturing activity also takes place in the city, mostly in the industrial, southwestern quarter, which is home to a number of electronics, <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceuticals" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceuticals">pharmaceuticals</a> and plastics firms. Business services company <a href="/wiki/Experian" title="Experian">Experian</a> is the largest employer in the city,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and has its North American headquarters in Costa Mesa. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ceradyne" title="Ceradyne">Ceradyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Pollo_Loco" title="El Pollo Loco">El Pollo Loco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emulex" title="Emulex">Emulex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurley_International" title="Hurley International">Hurley</a>, <a href="/wiki/RVCA" title="RVCA">RVCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Racing_Development" title="Toyota Racing Development">Toyota Racing Development</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">Trinity Broadcasting Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vans" title="Vans">Vans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Volcom" title="Volcom">Volcom</a> are among the businesses headquartered in Costa Mesa. A local newspaper, the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Pilot" title="Daily Pilot">Daily Pilot</a></i>, is published by the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newport_Boulevard,_Costa_Mesa,_1950s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg/220px-Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg/330px-Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg/440px-Newport_Boulevard%2C_Costa_Mesa%2C_1950s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="1173" /></a><figcaption>Newport Boulevard, 1950s</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Wahoo%27s_Fish_Taco" title="Wahoo's Fish Taco">Wahoo's Fish Taco</a> was founded in Costa Mesa in 1988 by <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a>-<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian people">Brazilian</a> brothers Eduardo "Ed" Lee, Renato "Mingo" Lee and Wing Lam.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa Mesa offers 26 parks, a municipal golf course, 26 public schools and two libraries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the city's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th># of employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Pollo_Loco" title="El Pollo Loco">EPL Intermediate, Inc.</a> </td> <td>3,998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Experian" title="Experian">Experian</a> </td> <td>3,700 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Coast Community College District </td> <td>2,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_Coast_College" title="Orange Coast College">Orange Coast College</a> </td> <td>1,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Automobile_Club_of_Southern_California" title="Automobile Club of Southern California">Automobile Club of Southern California</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,773 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Anduril Industries </td> <td>1,100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deloitte" title="Deloitte">Deloitte & Touche LLP</a> </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FileNet" title="FileNet">FileNet</a> </td> <td>600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vans" title="Vans">Vans</a> </td> <td>550 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_University" title="Vanguard University">Vanguard University</a> </td> <td>319 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annual_cultural_events">Annual cultural events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Annual cultural events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Orange_County_Fair_(California)" title="Orange County Fair (California)">Orange County Fair</a> takes place at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa each July. The Fair receives more than one million visitors each year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Annual Scarecrow & Pumpkin Festival was first held in 1938, went on hiatus for seven decades, and then was restarted in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facilities">Facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Costa-mesa-ca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Costa-mesa-ca.jpg/220px-Costa-mesa-ca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Costa-mesa-ca.jpg/330px-Costa-mesa-ca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Costa-mesa-ca.jpg/440px-Costa-mesa-ca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, in 2020</figcaption></figure><p>Adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/OC_Fair_%26_Event_Center" title="OC Fair & Event Center">Fairgrounds</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Amphitheatre" title="Pacific Amphitheatre">Pacific Amphitheatre</a>, which has hosted acts such as <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Simpson" title="Jessica Simpson">Jessica Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steppenwolf_(band)" title="Steppenwolf (band)">Steppenwolf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Segerstrom_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Segerstrom Center for the Arts">Segerstrom Center for the Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_Repertory" title="South Coast Repertory">South Coast Repertory</a> Theater are based in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Football_League">National Football League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: National Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Mesa is been home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Las Vegas Raiders</a> training camp since 2024. Previously it was home to the training center, training camp and corporate headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers </a> from 2017 to 2024. The team agreed to a lease with the facility they moved into prior to their relocation from San Diego.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building, called the Jack Hammett Sports Complex is a former office space, but Chargers players and coaches said it was an upgrade from what the team had in San Diego.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chargers occuped the facility until 2024 when it departed it for a purpose-built practice facility in <a href="/wiki/El_Segundo,_California" title="El Segundo, California">El Segundo</a>. The team gutted the first floor of the building to make room for team rooms. Construction cost more than $3.8 million. After the Chargers derparted for El Segundo, the facility became the training camp home of the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Las Vegas Raiders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decades prior, the facility was a lima bean farm owned by a Swedish immigrant family who became prominent developers in Orange County.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local">Local</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Local"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A general law city, Costa Mesa has a <a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">council-manager form of government</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Municipal_elections_in_Costa_Mesa,_California#2016_Measure_EE_Election" title="Municipal elections in Costa Mesa, California">November 2016</a>, voters approved changing the City Council seats from five at-large seats to six voting districts and a directly elected mayor, who acts as the chairperson for the council and head of the government.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor serves two-year terms and councilmembers serve four year terms, with each office having a two-term limit. <a href="/wiki/Municipal_elections_in_Costa_Mesa,_California" title="Municipal elections in Costa Mesa, California">Municipal elections</a> are held every two years, during which the mayor and three councilmembers are up for election. </p><p>Day to day, the city is run by a professional city manager and staff of approximately 460 full-time employees.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Management of the city and coordination of city services are provided by:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Office </th> <th>Officeholder </th></tr> <tr> <td>City Manager </td> <td>Lori Ann Farrell Harrison </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant City Manager </td> <td>Susan Price </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Attorney </td> <td>Kimberly Hall Barlow </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Clerk </td> <td>Brenda Green </td></tr> <tr> <td>Acting Economic & Development Services Director </td> <td>Jennifer Le </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finance Director </td> <td>Carol Molina </td></tr> <tr> <td>I.T. Director </td> <td>Steve Ely </td></tr> <tr> <td>Public Works Director </td> <td>Raja Sethuraman </td></tr> <tr> <td>Parks and Community Services Director </td> <td>Jason Minter </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fire Chief </td> <td>Dan Stefano </td></tr> <tr> <td>Police Chief </td> <td>Ronald Lawrence </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Residents of the city are also governed by various <a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">special districts</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Mesa_Water_District" title="Mesa Water District">Mesa Water District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Orange_County_Water_District" title="Orange County Water District">Orange County Water District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Water_District_of_Orange_County" title="Municipal Water District of Orange County">Municipal Water District of Orange County</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Irvine_Ranch_Water_District" title="Irvine Ranch Water District">Irvine Ranch Water District</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Costa_Mesa_Sanitary_District" title="Costa Mesa Sanitary District">Costa Mesa Sanitary District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_federal">State and federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: State and federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a>, Costa Mesa is in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_37th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 37th State Senate district">the 37th Senate District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Min" title="Dave Min">Dave Min</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_73rd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 73rd State Assembly district">the 73rd Assembly District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Cottie_Petrie-Norris" title="Cottie Petrie-Norris">Cottie Petrie-Norris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, Costa Mesa is in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_47th_congressional_district" title="California's 47th congressional district">California's 47th congressional district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Porter" title="Katie Porter">Katie Porter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Costa Mesa city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (United States)">Third Parties</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.00%</b> <i>29,804</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.44% <i>22,056</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.55% <i>1,358</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.95%</b> <i>21,528</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.75% <i>17,219</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">8.30% <i>3,507</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.66% <i>18,414</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.60%</b> <i>18,778</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">3.74% <i>1,443</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.88%</b> <i>20,542</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.32% <i>17,945</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.80% <i>1,107</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.91% <i>16,442</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.55%</b> <i>21,284</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.54% <i>590</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.06% <i>13,733</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.13%</b> <i>18,556</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">5.81% <i>1,990</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.97% <i>11,949</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.16%</b> <i>16,213</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">12.87% <i>4,161</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">1992</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.46% <i>12,702</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>40.02%</b> <i>15,659</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">27.52% <i>10,769</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.90% <i>11,849</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.47%</b> <i>22,534</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.63% <i>571</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.16% <i>8,908</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.39%</b> <i>24,652</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1.45% <i>493</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.67% <i>7,796</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.38%</b> <i>20,028</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">11.95% <i>3,775</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.51% <i>9,805</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.16%</b> <i>17,161</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2.33% <i>643</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_California" title="Secretary of State of California">California Secretary of State</a>, as of February 20, 2024, Costa Mesa has 60,789 registered voters. Of those, 22,661 (37.3%) are registered Democrats, 19,888 (32.7%) are registered Republicans, 15,204 (25%) have declined to state a political party/are independents, 2,717 (4.5%) are registered <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independents</a>, and 319 (0.5%) are registered to the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" title="Green Party of the United States">Green Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 2008, Costa Mesa was a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> stronghold in presidential elections. Since 2008, Costa Mesa has mostly voted <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> in presidential elections, owing to the GOP's shift towards cultural conservatism. In 2008, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was the first Democrat to carry Costa Mesa in decades, while Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> carried the city by only 364 votes in the 2012 presidential election. Costa Mesa flipped back to Democratic in 2016, voting for <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> by a 10.2% margin, and for <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> by a 14.6% margin in 2020. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2008, Costa Mesa was one of four cities in Orange County to vote against <a href="/wiki/Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 8">Proposition 8</a> (along with Aliso Viejo, Irvine, and Laguna Beach), a statewide ballot measure that banned same-sex marriages.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Institutions of higher learning located in Costa Mesa include <a href="/wiki/Orange_Coast_College" title="Orange Coast College">Orange Coast College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_University_of_Southern_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard University of Southern California">Vanguard University</a> (affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God" title="Assemblies of God">Assemblies of God</a>). <a href="/wiki/Whittier_Law_School" title="Whittier Law School">Whittier Law School</a> was a former school. </p><p>Costa Mesa has two public high schools, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Mesa_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Costa Mesa High School">Costa Mesa High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estancia_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Estancia High School">Estancia High School</a>. There are also two public middle schools; TeWinkle Middle School, which was named after Costa Mesa's first mayor, and Costa Mesa Middle School which shares the same campus as Costa Mesa High School. Costa Mesa also has two alternative high schools that share the same campus, Back Bay High School and Monte Vista High School and another, Coastline Early College High School which is on its own facility. These are located in the <a href="/wiki/Newport-Mesa_Unified_School_District" title="Newport-Mesa Unified School District">Newport-Mesa Unified School District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg/220px-OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg/330px-OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg/440px-OCTA_Unit_5509.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>OC Bus in Costa Mesa</figcaption></figure> <p>Costa Mesa is served by several bus lines of the <a href="/wiki/Orange_County_Transportation_Authority" title="Orange County Transportation Authority">Orange County Transportation Authority</a> (OCTA), but most transportation is by automobile. Two state highways, <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_55" title="California State Route 55">State Route 55</a> (Costa Mesa Freeway) and <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_73" title="California State Route 73">State Route 73</a> (Corona del Mar Freeway), have their respective southern and northern terminus points within Costa Mesa. The <a href="/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)" title="Interstate 405 (California)">San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405)</a> also runs through the city.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_Center">Civic Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Civic Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 9.5 acres (3.8 hectares; 38 thousand square metres) Costa Mesa Civic Center is located at 77 Fair Drive. City hall is a five-story building where the primary administrative functions of the city are conducted. Also contained in the Civic Center complex are Council Chambers, the Police facility, Communications building and Fire Station No. 5.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fire protection is provided by the Costa Mesa Fire Department.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Law enforcement is the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Costa_Mesa_Police_Department" title="Costa Mesa Police Department">Costa Mesa Police Department</a>. Emergency Medical Services are provided by the Costa Mesa Fire Department and <a href="/wiki/Care_Ambulance_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Care Ambulance Service">Care Ambulance Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>See <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Costa_Mesa,_California" title="List of people from Costa Mesa, California">List of people from Costa Mesa, California</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_city">Sister city</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sister city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a>, Australia<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Mesa,_California&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times_suburban_sections#Daily_sections" title="Los Angeles Times suburban sections"><i>Los Angeles Times</i> suburban sections</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_County,_California" title="Riverside County, California">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Los Angeles Basin"><img alt="Los Angeles Basin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg/100px-Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg/150px-Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg/200px-Los_Angeles_Basin_JPLLandsat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2063" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%">Cities<br />and<br />towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">Central city</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">200k–500k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontana,_California" title="Fontana, California">Fontana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvine,_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moreno_Valley,_California" title="Moreno Valley, California">Moreno Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard,_California" title="Oxnard, California">Oxnard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_California" title="Riverside, California">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana,_California" title="Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clarita,_California" title="Santa Clarita, California">Santa Clarita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">100k−200k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corona,_California" title="Corona, California">Corona</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Costa Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downey,_California" title="Downey, California">Downey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Monte,_California" title="El Monte, California">El Monte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fullerton,_California" title="Fullerton, California">Fullerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove,_California" title="Garden Grove, California">Garden Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Beach,_California" title="Huntington Beach, California">Huntington Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurupa_Valley,_California" title="Jurupa Valley, California">Jurupa Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrieta,_California" title="Murrieta, California">Murrieta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menifee,_California" title="Menifee, California">Menifee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_California" title="Norwalk, California">Norwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario,_California" title="Ontario, California">Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_California" title="Orange, California">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomona,_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Cucamonga,_California" title="Rancho Cucamonga, California">Rancho Cucamonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rialto,_California" title="Rialto, California">Rialto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simi_Valley,_California" title="Simi Valley, California">Simi Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temecula,_California" title="Temecula, California">Temecula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thousand_Oaks,_California" title="Thousand Oaks, California">Thousand Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrance,_California" title="Torrance, California">Torrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventura,_California" title="Ventura, California">Ventura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorville,_California" title="Victorville, California">Victorville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Covina,_California" title="West Covina, California">West Covina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">50k–100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alhambra,_California" title="Alhambra, California">Alhambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aliso_Viejo,_California" title="Aliso Viejo, California">Aliso Viejo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" title="Apple Valley, California">Apple Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia,_California" title="Arcadia, California">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azusa,_California" title="Azusa, California">Azusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Park,_California" title="Baldwin Park, California">Baldwin Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_California" title="Beaumont, California">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellflower,_California" title="Bellflower, California">Bellflower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Park,_California" title="Buena Park, California">Buena Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camarillo,_California" title="Camarillo, California">Camarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson,_California" title="Carson, California">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_City,_California" title="Cathedral City, California">Cathedral City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chino_Hills,_California" title="Chino Hills, California">Chino Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colton,_California" title="Colton, California">Colton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton,_California" title="Compton, California">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covina,_California" title="Covina, California">Covina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypress,_California" title="Cypress, California">Cypress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Bar,_California" title="Diamond Bar, California">Diamond Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastvale,_California" title="Eastvale, California">Eastvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Valley,_California" title="Fountain Valley, California">Fountain Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardena,_California" title="Gardena, California">Gardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendora,_California" title="Glendora, California">Glendora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hacienda_Heights,_California" title="Hacienda Heights, California">Hacienda Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne,_California" title="Hawthorne, California">Hawthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemet,_California" title="Hemet, California">Hemet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesperia,_California" title="Hesperia, California">Hesperia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland,_California" title="Highland, California">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indio,_California" title="Indio, California">Indio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Habra,_California" title="La Habra, California">La Habra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Niguel,_California" title="Laguna Niguel, California">Laguna Niguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Elsinore,_California" title="Lake Elsinore, California">Lake Elsinore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_California" title="Lake Forest, California">Lake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_California" title="Lakewood, California">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynwood,_California" title="Lynwood, California">Lynwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Viejo,_California" title="Mission Viejo, California">Mission Viejo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monrovia,_California" title="Monrovia, California">Monrovia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montebello,_California" title="Montebello, California">Montebello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monterey_Park,_California" title="Monterey Park, California">Monterey Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Beach,_California" title="Newport Beach, California">Newport Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert,_California" title="Palm Desert, California">Palm Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount,_California" title="Paramount, California">Paramount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perris,_California" title="Perris, California">Perris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pico_Rivera,_California" title="Pico Rivera, California">Pico Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placentia,_California" title="Placentia, California">Placentia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redlands,_California" title="Redlands, California">Redlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redondo_Beach,_California" title="Redondo Beach, California">Redondo Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemead,_California" title="Rosemead, California">Rosemead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Clemente,_California" title="San Clemente, California">San Clemente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto,_California" title="San Jacinto, California">San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gate,_California" title="South Gate, California">South Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tustin,_California" title="Tustin, California">Tustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upland,_California" title="Upland, California">Upland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_California" title="Westminster, California">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittier,_California" title="Whittier, California">Whittier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorba_Linda,_California" title="Yorba Linda, California">Yorba Linda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yucaipa,_California" title="Yucaipa, California">Yucaipa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">25k–50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelanto,_California" title="Adelanto, California">Adelanto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banning,_California" title="Banning, California">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barstow,_California" title="Barstow, California">Barstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell,_California" title="Bell, California">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Gardens,_California" title="Bell Gardens, California">Bell Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brea,_California" title="Brea, California">Brea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerritos,_California" title="Cerritos, California">Cerritos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claremont,_California" title="Claremont, California">Claremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coachella,_California" title="Coachella, California">Coachella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Point,_California" title="Dana Point, California">Dana Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_Hot_Springs,_California" title="Desert Hot Springs, California">Desert Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Mirada,_California" title="La Mirada, California">La Mirada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Puente,_California" title="La Puente, California">La Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Quinta,_California" title="La Quinta, California">La Quinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Verne,_California" title="La Verne, California">La Verne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Hills,_California" title="Laguna Hills, California">Laguna Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawndale,_California" title="Lawndale, California">Lawndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Beach,_California" title="Manhattan Beach, California">Manhattan Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywood,_California" title="Maywood, California">Maywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monrovia,_California" title="Monrovia, California">Monrovia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montclair,_California" title="Montclair, California">Montclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorpark,_California" title="Moorpark, California">Moorpark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norco,_California" title="Norco, California">Norco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Palos_Verdes,_California" title="Rancho Palos Verdes, California">Rancho Palos Verdes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Santa_Margarita,_California" title="Rancho Santa Margarita, California">Rancho Santa Margarita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Dimas,_California" title="San Dimas, California">San Dimas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel,_California" title="San Gabriel, California">San Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Juan_Capistrano,_California" title="San Juan Capistrano, California">San Juan Capistrano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Paula,_California" title="Santa Paula, California">Santa Paula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_Beach,_California" title="Seal Beach, California">Seal Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pasadena,_California" title="South Pasadena, California">South Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton,_California" title="Stanton, California">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_City,_California" title="Temple City, California">Temple City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentynine_Palms,_California" title="Twentynine Palms, California">Twentynine Palms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut,_California" title="Walnut, California">Walnut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hollywood,_California" title="West Hollywood, California">West Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildomar,_California" title="Wildomar, California">Wildomar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">10k–25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agoura_Hills,_California" title="Agoura Hills, California">Agoura Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artesia,_California" title="Artesia, California">Artesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blythe,_California" title="Blythe, California">Blythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calimesa,_California" title="Calimesa, California">Calimesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Lake,_California" title="Canyon Lake, California">Canyon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce,_California" title="Commerce, California">Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cudahy,_California" title="Cudahy, California">Cudahy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duarte,_California" title="Duarte, California">Duarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Segundo,_California" title="El Segundo, California">El Segundo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore,_California" title="Fillmore, California">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Terrace,_California" title="Grand Terrace, California">Grand Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Gardens,_California" title="Hawaiian Gardens, California">Hawaiian Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermosa_Beach,_California" title="Hermosa Beach, California">Hermosa Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Ca%C3%B1ada_Flintridge,_California" title="La Cañada Flintridge, California">La Cañada Flintridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Palma,_California" title="La Palma, California">La Palma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Beach,_California" title="Laguna Beach, California">Laguna Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Woods,_California" title="Laguna Woods, California">Laguna Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loma_Linda,_California" title="Loma Linda, California">Loma Linda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lomita,_California" title="Lomita, California">Lomita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Alamitos,_California" title="Los Alamitos, California">Los Alamitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes_Estates,_California" title="Palos Verdes Estates, California">Palos Verdes Estates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme,_California" title="Port Hueneme, California">Port Hueneme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Mirage,_California" title="Rancho Mirage, California">Rancho Mirage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_California" title="San Fernando, California">San Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino,_California" title="San Marino, California">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Springs,_California" title="Santa Fe Springs, California">Santa Fe Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Madre,_California" title="Sierra Madre, California">Sierra Madre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Hill,_California" title="Signal Hill, California">Signal Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_El_Monte,_California" title="South El Monte, California">South El Monte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yucca_Valley,_California" title="Yucca Valley, California">Yucca Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">Under 10k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avalon,_California" title="Avalon, California">Avalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bear_Lake,_California" title="Big Bear Lake, California">Big Bear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradbury,_California" title="Bradbury, California">Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Industry,_California" title="City of Industry, California">City of Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Hills,_California" title="Hidden Hills, California">Hidden Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells,_California" title="Indian Wells, California">Indian Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irwindale,_California" title="Irwindale, California">Irwindale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Habra_Heights,_California" title="La Habra Heights, California">La Habra Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles,_California" title="Needles, California">Needles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojai,_California" title="Ojai, California">Ojai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Hills,_California" title="Rolling Hills, California">Rolling Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Hills_Estates,_California" title="Rolling Hills Estates, California">Rolling Hills Estates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon,_California" title="Vernon, California">Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa_Park,_California" title="Villa Park, California">Villa Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westlake_Village,_California" title="Westlake Village, California">Westlake Village</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a><br />over 25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altadena,_California" title="Altadena, California">Altadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Los_Angeles,_California" title="East Los Angeles, California">East Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence-Graham,_California" title="Florence-Graham, California">Florence-Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Valley,_California" title="French Valley, California">French Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hacienda_Heights,_California" title="Hacienda Heights, California">Hacienda Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladera_Ranch,_California" title="Ladera Ranch, California">Ladera Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tustin,_California" title="North Tustin, California">North Tustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Heights,_California" title="Rowland Heights, California">Rowland Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Whittier,_California" title="South Whittier, California">South Whittier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temescal_Valley,_California" title="Temescal Valley, California">Temescal Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Whittier-Los_Nietos,_California" title="West Whittier-Los Nietos, California">West Whittier-Los Nietos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmont,_California" title="Westmont, California">Westmont</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%">Area<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaheim%E2%80%93Santa_Ana_edge_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city">Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Los_Angeles" title="Central Los Angeles">Central Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley" title="Coachella Valley">Coachella Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Desert" title="Colorado Desert">Colorado Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejo_Valley" title="Conejo Valley">Conejo Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles" title="Downtown Los Angeles">Downtown Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastside_Los_Angeles" title="Eastside Los Angeles">East Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateway_Cities" title="Gateway Cities">Gateway Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Hollywood, Los Angeles">Greater Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Greater Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Harbor_Region" title="Los Angeles Harbor Region">Harbor Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Inland Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Los_Angeles" title="Northeast Los Angeles">Northeast Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Los_Angeles" title="Northwest Los Angeles">Northwest Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Coast" title="Orange Coast">Orange Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes_Peninsula" title="Palos Verdes Peninsula">Palos Verdes Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomona_Valley" title="Pomona Valley">Pomona Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddleback_Valley" title="Saddleback Valley">Saddleback Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_Valley" title="San Bernardino Valley">San Bernardino Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Valley" title="San Gabriel Valley">San Gabriel Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_Valley" title="Santa Ana Valley">Santa Ana Valley</a></li> <li><a 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range)">Baldwin Hills (range)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands_(California)" title="Channel Islands (California)">Channel Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chino_Hills" title="Chino Hills">Chino Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Hills" title="Hollywood Hills">Hollywood Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Basin" title="Los Angeles Basin">Los Angeles Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Plain" title="Oxnard Plain">Oxnard Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes_Hills" title="Palos Verdes Hills">Palos Verdes Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puente_Hills" title="Puente Hills">Puente Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains" title="San Gabriel Mountains">San Gabriel Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Valley" title="San Gabriel Valley">San Gabriel Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Mountains" title="San Jacinto 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(California)">San Pedro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_River" title="Santa Ana River">Santa Ana River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_River_(California)" title="Santa Clara River (California)">Santa Clara River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Margarita_River" title="Santa Margarita River">Santa Margarita River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Bay" title="Santa Monica Bay">Santa Monica Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tujunga_Wash" title="Tujunga Wash">Tujunga Wash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Southern_California_megaregion" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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