Editing Buena Park, California (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
Buena Park was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a General Law City on January 27, 1953. In November 2008, the voters adopted a City Charter. The City Charter is a written document approved by the electorate which acts as a “constitution” for the city. Amendments, revisions and repeals of a charter are subject to the vote of the people.

Buena Park operates under [[council–manager government]], in which the City Council is the policy-making body and the [[city manager|City Manager]] is responsible for carrying out Council policy and everyday management of city functions. An elected City Council of five non-partisan members is elected at large and its chair acts as mayor.<ref>[http://www.buenapark.com/Index.aspx?page=27 City of Buena Park: City Structure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625015052/http://www.buenapark.com/Index.aspx?page=27 |date=June 25, 2009 }} Retrieved April 7, 2009</ref>

As of February 2025, city council members are Mayor Joyce Ahn, Vice Mayor Connor Traut, Council Member Carlos Franco, Council Member Susan Sonne, and Council Member Lamiya Hoque.

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Senate]], Buena Park is split between {{Representative|casd|34|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|36|fmt=sdistrict}}. In the [[California State Assembly]], it is in {{Representative|caad|67|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | title = California Districts
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = January 9, 2023
 | archive-date = January 31, 2023
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230131063750/https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Buena Park is in [[California's 45th congressional district]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 |title          = California Districts
 |publisher          = UC Regents
 |access-date          = January 9, 2023
 |archive-date          = January 31, 2023
 |archive-url          = https://web.archive.org/web/20230131063750/https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 |url-status          = live
 }}</ref> which is represented by Republican [[Michelle Steel]].<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|45|access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref>

===Politics===
According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of October 24, 2022, Buena Park has 43,879 registered voters. Of those, 18,709 (42.6%) are registered Democrats, 11,999 (27.3%) are registered Republicans, and 13,171 (30.0%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.<ref>{{cite web |title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – October 24, 2022 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-general-2022/politicalsub.pdf |access-date=February 16, 2019 |website=ca.gov }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Buena Park city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>
|- 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}}|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.0%''' ''15,603''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.0% ''14,076''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3% ''917''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/GEN2020/Run_27/sov.pdf|title=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111091518/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/GEN2020/Run_27/sov.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.5%''' ''19,527''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.5% ''14,337''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.0% ''688''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2016 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412181918/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.4%''' ''14,872''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.7% ''9,679''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.9% ''1,804''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2012 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412182258/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.1%''' ''13,022''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.4% ''10,459''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.5% ''603''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2008 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412182308/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.1%''' ''13,196''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.7% ''11,130''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.2% ''550''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2013 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412175322/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.1% ''9,928''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.8%''' ''12,343''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.1% ''242''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2000 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412175330/https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.1% ''9,862''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.3%''' ''10,332''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.7% ''767''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{cite web|author=associate-abigail-hall@archive.org |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali/ |title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |date=February 10, 1968 |access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''44.1%''' ''8,235''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.0% ''8,212''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|12.0% ''2,234''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{cite web|author=associate-abigail-hall@archive.org |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali/ |title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |date=February 10, 1968 |access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.2% ''7,928''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''39.7%''' ''8,935''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|25.1% ''5,654''
|-
|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}}|35.2% ''7,934''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.7%''' ''14,353''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.1% ''244''
|-
|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}}|26.9% ''6,036''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.1%''' ''16,203''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.1% ''237''
|-
|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}}|28.0% ''6,170''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.3%''' ''13,940''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.6% ''1,897''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote1976cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.5% ''8,944''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.4%''' ''10,730''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.1% ''415''
|}

===Postal service===
The [[United States Postal Service]] Buena Park Post Office is at 7377 La Palma Avenue.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120717085421/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/42928?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Buena+Park Post Office Location – Buena Park ]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>