The affordable housing requirements are proposed for specific corridors in the city, mainly commercial and industrial areas where housing may be introduced in the future.
An ordinance approved by planning commissioners Monday will soon make its way to the Costa Mesa City Council. But whether the law will alleviate or worsen the city's housing crisis remains to be seen.
Leaders of Vista Meridian Global Academy obtained countywide approval and set about opening a Costa Mesa campus, after telling Newport-Mesa Unified they had no plans to operate inside district boundaries.
Officials Monday approved plans for a grocery store, bakery and tortilleria, indoor and outdoor dining, a bar and live entertainment stage at the long-vacant Harbor Boulevard site.