Community Members:

One indicator of a strong local real estate market is building permit activity, which reflects a community’s investment in new property development and improvements. Newport Beach is doing remarkably well on that front.

During the 2022-23 fiscal year, the City’s Community Development Department served nearly 20,300 people and fielded 7,500 phone calls through the Permit Center at City Hall. About 6,000 permits were issued, with a combined construction value of about $1 billion. In addition, more than 3,000 new plan checks were initiated.

The numbers attest not only to a robust property and development sector for the past fiscal year, but also to our Community Development Department's hard work and commitment to customer service improvements. 

The City has been pursuing new innovations to further improve service to the community. The City launched online plan check submittals for new solar panel installation in March, followed by residential project submittals in May. Since then, the City has issued 135 permits online (127 for solar and 8 for residential endeavors).  Today more than 15 percent of plan checks are submitted electronically, and we expect that number to grow as applicants utilize online resources through the new City Virtual Connect portal (CiViC). 

I would like to thank and recognize our Community Development Department staff for keeping pace with the high service needs at the Permit Center, and for pursuing new technological innovations and streamlined processes.

To monitor building permit activity in real time, please visit the City’s online dashboard portal.

City Manager, Grace K. Leung

Expect Lound Noises as Airshow Returns to H.B. This Weekend

Please be advised that the Pacific Airshow is returning to Huntington Beach on Friday, September 29 through Sunday, October 1. Newport Beach residents can expect to hear very loud jet noise throughout the weekend.

The air show will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day beginning Friday, September 29.

Please make sure to make accommodations for anyone who may be disturbed, such as children and pets. Please do not call 911, unless you have a life-threatening emergency.

For questions about the Airshow or to leave feedback, call 714-536-5985. For more information visit https://pacificairshowusa.com/. 

The Be Well mobile crisis response team operates in Newport Beach 12 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to mental and behavioral health crises. The mobile unit is staffed with mental health specialists and works closely with the City’s police and fire departments.

This week, the Be Well team:

• Addressed three mental health crises and transported people to a crisis stabilization facility. 
• Transported a person to the sobering station at the Be Well campus.
• Transported two people to the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter for intake appointments.
• Transported a person to her homeless service provider in another city.
• Transported a person to a bus stop to return home in another county after resolving a mental health crisis

TO REACH BE WELL: The mobile crisis team is dispatched through the Newport Beach Police Department. To request service, dial 911 or call the Police Department's non-emergency line at 949-644-3717.