City profile · Small City
La Mesa, California
Not yet verifiedWho leads La Mesa, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Mark Arapostathis
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 56,658
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Not yet verified
- Not confirmed against an official source yet
- Last checked
- Not available
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Source & verification
- Verification sourceNo source recorded for the last verification
- Official leadership pagecityoflamesa.gov/1781/Mayors-Minute ↗
- City websitecityoflamesa.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Mark Arapostathis CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 56,658
- Median household income
- $83,649
- Median age
- 36.3
- Land area
- 9.09 sq mi
- Population density
- 6,233 per sq mi
- County
- San Diego County
- Metro area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$198M
- City hall phone
- (619) 463-6611
- Official website
- cityoflamesa.gov ↗
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