The foundation of Costa Mesa’s response to homelessness is community outreach and engagement. We believe the first step on one’s journey to self-sufficiency is the human connection via 1-on-1 interaction. To accomplish this, the City deploys a team of front-line responders whose primary purpose is to meet people where they are and, through compassion and accountability, facilitate the journey from streets to home.

The City of Costa Mesa has made direct investments in outreach response, which consists of:

• City Outreach - A team of City employees who work tirelessly to engage unsheltered people and connect them to all available resources including shelter, employment, public assistance, legal services, essential items and permanent housing.
• Focused Code Enforcement - A Senior Code Enforcement Officer assigned to the Neighborhood Improvement Task Force is responsible for addressing homeless-related nuisance abatement issues on private property throughout the City.
• Community Policing Unit (CPU) - The Costa Mesa Police Department’s Community Policing Unit is comprised of four officers and a supervisor whose areas of focus include assisting people experiencing homelessness, addressing quality of life issues, collaborating with partners to address long-term community problems, and crime prevention.
• City Net is a local non-profit agency providing services aimed at ending street-level homelessness. The City funds City Net to provide after-hours street outreach and housing navigation services to unsheltered individuals. To contact City Net, please call 714-202-7741.
• PATH is the County of Orange’s contracted Street Outreach provider for the North and Central Service Planning Areas (SPA’s). To contact PATH, please call (657) 744-8965 or email carecoordinationoc@epath.org

To contact the NHS regarding a homelessness related matter, please call (714) 754-5346 or send an email to costamesanhs@costamesaca.gov.