Editing Placentia, California (section)

==Government and politics==
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Placentia city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livevoterturnout.com/Orange/LiveResults/precincts_6.pdf|title=Precinct results |date=2020 |website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.81%''' ''13,616''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.17% ''12,135''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.02% ''531''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=Certified statement of the votes cast at the Presidential general election | url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217082248/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf | archive-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.49%''' ''9,828''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.43% ''9,814''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|7.08% ''1,497''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117103027/http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf | archive-date=2013-01-17}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.08% ''8,581''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.66%''' ''11,348''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.26% ''461''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115165241/http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf | archive-date=2012-11-15}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.41% ''9,022''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.51%''' ''11,329''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.07% ''431''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115165205/http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf | archive-date=2012-11-15}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.82% ''7,028''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.15%''' ''12,390''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.03% ''203''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115165533/http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf | archive-date=2012-11-15}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.29% ''6,674''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.12%''' ''10,580''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.59% ''643''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali|title=Statement of vote|last=California. Secretary of State|date=March 30, 1968|publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.94% ''5,673''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.58%''' ''8,615''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|9.48% ''1,497''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali|title=Statement of vote|last=California. Secretary of State|date=March 30, 1968|publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.26% ''5,097''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.01%''' ''8,364''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|22.73% ''3,959''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81988cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.62% ''4,612''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.31%''' ''11,328''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.07% ''172''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote61984cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.81% ''3,396''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.39%''' ''11,375''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.80% ''119''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote41980cali| title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.06% ''3,142''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.17%''' ''9,853''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.78% ''1,250''
|}

=== Local ===
Placentia is a [[charter city]] with elected city council members, city clerk, and city treasurer, and professional city manager.

;Elected officials
*[[Mayor]] Ward Smith<ref name="council" />
*[[Mayor Pro-Tem|Mayor ''pro tem'']] Jeremy B.Yamaguchi<ref name="council" />
* Council Member Kevin Kirwin<ref name="council" />
* Council Member Rhonda Shader<ref name="council" />
* Council Member Chad P. Wanke<ref name="council" />
* City Clerk Robert S. McKinnell<ref name="clerk">{{Cite web
 | url = http://www.placentia.org/index.aspx?nid=282
 | title = City Clerk
 | publisher = City of Placentia
 | access-date = December 12, 2018}}</ref>
* City Treasurer Kevin A. Larson<ref name="treasurer" />

;Appointed officials
* City Administrator Damien R. Arrula<ref name="administrator" />
* City Attorney Christian L. Bettenhausen

;Mayors since 1989:

Unless otherwise noted, mayoral terms begin and end in December.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Mayor
! Term(s)
|-
| Norman Z. Eckenrode||1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–98
|-
| Arthur G. Newton||1990–91
|-
| John O. Tynes||1991–92
|-
| Maria Moreno||1992–93
|-
| Michael Maertzweiler||1994–95, 1999–2000
|-
| Carol Downey||1995–96
|-
| Constance Underhill||1998–99, 2006–07
|-
| Chris Lowe||2000–02
|-
| Scott P. Brady||2002–03, 2004–06
|-
| Judy Dickinson||2003–04
|-
| Gregory Sowards||2008–09
|-
| Joseph Aguirre||2009–10
|-
| Scott W. Nelson||2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–14
|-
| Jeremy Yamaguchi||2011–12, 2015–16
|-
| Chad Wanke||2014–15, 2017–18
|-
| Craig Green||2016–17
|-
| Rhonda Shader||2018–19
|}

The voters of Placentia also elect the boards of the Placentia Library District and the [[Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District]].

=== State and federal representation ===
In the [[California State Senate]], Placentia is split between {{Representative|casd|34|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|37|fmt=sdistrict}}. In the [[California State Assembly]], it is in {{Representative|caad|59|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | title = California Districts
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = January 5, 2023
}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Placentia is in {{Representative|cacd|45|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|45}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Placentia has 27,328 registered voters. Of those, 10,285 (37.64%) are registered Republicans, 8,510 (31.14%) are registered Democrats, and 7,400 (27.08%) have no political party preference or are independent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019|website=ca.gov|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref>