Loren Gameros
CA · Costa Mesa City Council Member, District 2
Costa Mesa City Council member for District 2 since 2020 and an educator with a nonprofit labor organization. His priorities are public safety and more youth sports and recreation.
Where Loren Gameros stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Mixed record
Housing Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Voted to require notice for all evictions and to study a city rental registry like Santa Ana's; it passed 4-2. At the same meeting, he voted to confirm $100,000 in city donations to two local nonprofits, Enough for All Fund and Someone Cares Soup Kitchen; it passed 5-2.
September 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Made the motion to raise City Council pay starting with the new council in December 2024; it passed 5-2 on first reading.
September 3, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Made the motion to hire The Solis Group, for up to $400,000, to run the city's union project labor agreement for public works; it passed 5-1.
March 7, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Made the motion to keep the city's Flock license-plate cameras while tightening the contract, including a 45-day data limit and no data sales; it passed 6-1.
July 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted for the state-required housing rezoning that also dropped minimum parking rules on rezoned sites; it passed 5-2.
April 7, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Voted to require notice for all evictions and to study a city rental registry like Santa Ana's; it passed 4-2. At the same meeting, he voted to confirm $100,000 in city donations to two local nonprofits, Enough for All Fund and Someone Cares Soup Kitchen; it passed 5-2.
September 9, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Made the motion to deny a state bond authority's request to buy the 580 Anton Boulevard property with $171 million in bonds and a 35-year property tax waiver for workforce housing; it passed 5-2.
October 19, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted to require notice for all evictions and to study a city rental registry like Santa Ana's; it passed 4-2. At the same meeting, he voted to confirm $100,000 in city donations to two local nonprofits, Enough for All Fund and Someone Cares Soup Kitchen; it passed 5-2.
September 9, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Made the motion to adopt a Long Beach-style rule requiring staff at store self-checkout stations, with a one-year review; it passed 3-2 on first reading.
January 20, 2026
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Voted to have staff explore two November 2026 ballot measures to raise the hotel tax and the business license tax; it passed 4-2.
December 2, 2025
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Voted to have staff draft an ordinance for Costa Mesa to join the Orange County Power Authority, a public power buyer; it passed 5-2.
September 2, 2025
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Made the motion to fire Costa Mesa's city manager without cause; it passed 4-2 with one abstention.
May 6, 2025
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Was re-elected to the Costa Mesa City Council for District 2 without an opponent, receiving 5,462 votes.
November 5, 2024
Source: ocvote.gov
Made the motion to approve the Newport Wellness cannabis shop at 2490 Newport Boulevard with a 24-hour security guard and a parking attendant; it passed 5-2.
May 7, 2024
Source: costamesa.legistar.com
Won the first election for Costa Mesa City Council District 2 with 3,962 votes (49.4%), ahead of Ben Chapman (30.4%) and Gary Parkin (20.3%).
November 3, 2020
Source: ocvote.gov
Past race Loren Gameros ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Costa Mesa city, California