COSTA MESA
A new Home Depot store is scheduled to open in the revamped Harbor Center in early January, and City Council members already are concerned about a gathering of day laborers, as is seen outside the Santa Ana store.
It is illegal to hire laborers seeking work in public areas in Costa Mesa--a city that has struggled with the day laborer issue for more than a decade.
In an attempt to ensure that doesn’t happen, the council voted Monday to keep its Job Center on Placentia Avenue open for eight hours a day, seven days a week, starting when the Costa Mesa Home Depot opens its doors.
It will cost the city about $16,000 to expand the hours for the rest of the fiscal year, City Manager Allan L. Roeder said.
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