‘Why here?’ Costa Mesa, OC officials question feds’ plan for coronavirus quarantine site

Criticizing what one official called “a tremendous breakdown in communication,” Orange County local, state and federal elected leaders expressed their concern and frustration Saturday, Feb. 22, about the suggestion that coronavirus patients be quarantined at the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa.
Costa Mesa officials learned late Thursday that federal and state agencies were discussing a plan to potentially use Fairview, a 60-year-old state-owned facility, to house recently