Allan Mansoor
Mayor, City of Costa Mesa
Director Allan Mansoor was selected as a 2nd Supervisoral District city representative to the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors in December 2006.
Director Mansoor was elected to the Costa Mesa City Council in 2002 and currently serves as Mayor, also having served on Council from 2005 through 2007. Director Mansoor serves as a City Council liaison to the following committees: Costa Mesa Community Foundation and Redevelopment & Residential Rehabilitation.
As a member of the OCTA Board of Directors, Director Mansoor serves as a member of the Highways Committee and the Legislative and Communications Committee. He has also spear-headed efforts for the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) Access Study that is looking at ways to improve traffic flow on that freeway as it terminates in Costa Mesa.
In 1993, Director Mansoor was hired by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and was assigned to the Men’s Central Jail. Other assignments have included John Wayne Airport, the Sex Offender Notification And Registration (SONAR) and patrol in Dana Point and patrol in North operations.
Since entering elected office, Director Mansoor’s focus has been on getting back to the basics of good city government by focusing on fiscal responsibility, infrastructure repair, and public safety.
Director Mansoor worked at Orange Coast College as a Campus Safety Officer while studying there and later obtained an Associates Degree from Coastline Community College. Director Mansoor moved to Costa Mesa in 1976 and has lived there most of his life. He attended junior high school at Christ Lutheran and graduated from Estancia High School.