Mayor Allan Mansoor

Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor and city officials scored a big win in federal court this week — dispatching a free-speech lawsuit brought by Benito Acosta.  

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Mayor Allan Mansoor Office of the Mayor City of Costa Mesa 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA  92626 Re: Jury verdict in Acosta vs. City of Costa Mesa, et. al. Dear Mayor Mansoor: I read with great interest a newspaper report regarding the decision of a jury yesterday to uphold your decision to have Coyotl Tezcatlipoca (aka, ”Benito Acosta”) forcibly removed from the [...]  

Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor testified Wednesday that he was only trying to maintain a safe, orderly council meeting in January 2006 when he interrupted Benito Acosta’s speech and the activist was arrested by police.  

SANTA ANA A federal jury determined today that the city of Costa Mesa and Mayor Allan Mansoor did not violate an immigration advocate's right to free speech when he was ejected from a 2006 council meeting. The verdict, which came after about an hour...