# Costa Mesa’s Housing Plan Under Fire | Irvine News

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Published: 2026-09-05T06:29:17+00:00
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Costa Mesa just approved a sweeping housing plan to build 11,760 new homes—forced by state law—to tackle California’s housing crisis, but city leaders are skeptical it will ever materialize. After their first attempt was rejected for failing to make land buildable, the council unanimously passed a revised plan that still faces hurdles: the state’s Attorney General sued the city last summer for lagging on housing goals, and officials now question whether the state’s top-down mandates strip local control and ignore real-world development realities. While the plan includes requirements for affordable units, many doubt it’ll solve affordability or get built at scale—especially as cities are only responsible for creating the conditions, not constructing the homes themselves. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/d26dd1e9489c4edb Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews

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