Costa Mesa Church Overcomes Pandemic Sticker Shock for New Restrooms

St. Joachim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Jan, 17, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A Costa Mesa church will finally break ground next week on a long-overdue project to create more restrooms, after the price tag for the renovation skyrocketed during the pandemic and fundraising efforts stalled.

Saint Joachim Catholic Church, which was built in 1965, has a capacity for about 750 people, but only one bathroom each for men and women.