COSTA MESA – The City Council unanimously approved a new law Tuesday night that will enable Costa Mesa police to remove, store and destroy property left in parks and other public areas.

But officials said they would slow the confiscation of unattended belonging until they had a larger storage facility for the homeless.

To satisfy residents who complain of clutter, the ordinance was meant to have alternative storage space. But so far the city and its partners have only been able to find enough room for 63 bins that are relatively far from social services, while the city's chronically homeless population is closer to 200.

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