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Costa Mesa Mayor Stephens joins leaders from the county to welcome City of Hope cancer hospital

 

by: Tony Dodero
Published: November 24, 2025

 

 

COSTA MESA...Costa Mesa Mayor John Stephens recently joined dignitaries from around the county as the City of Hope celebrated the grand opening of its cancer specialty hospital in Irivne on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

This new facility is Orange County's only specialty hospital exclusively focused on treating and curing cancer.

It is part of a comprehensive, $1.5 billion academic cancer campus and is seamlessly connected to the already operational City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center. 

The hospital is scheduled to open to patients on Dec. 1, 2025. 

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