In October of 2021, Scott Drapkin was named the City’s new Assistant Development Services Director.

Drapkin has more than 25 years of experience in the planning and community development field and comes to Costa Mesa.

Prior to Costa Mesa, Drapkin worked for the City of Laguna Beach since 1997 and last held the role of the City’s Planning Manager, managing day-to-day operations and staff in the Planning Division as well as the activities of the Planning Commission.

A lifelong Orange County resident, Drapkin has been involved with GIS planning since the late 1990s and created and administered one of the first public-serving GIS City services in Orange County in early 2002.

Drapkin has his Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly Pomona and a Master’s degree in public administration from Grand Canyon University.