Costa Mesa officials are looking to get a better sense of their rental market by establishing a registry in a city where about 60% of homes are rented.
It comes amid calls for elected officials to get a grip on rising rents and to track evictions in Orange County, with a new push in Anaheim to get a rent control ordinance on this year’s ballot and demands for a rental registry in Costa Mesa amid widespread ICE raids.
At their 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Costa Mesa City Council members are expected to debate launching a rental registry to monitor their housing market and develop possible solutions to address challenges between local landlords and their tenants…