Editing Laguna Beach, California (section)

===County, state, and federal representation===
Laguna Beach is located in the fifth district of the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]] and is currently represented by Democrat [[Katrina Foley]] since 2023. 

In the [[California State Legislature]], the city is in {{Representative|casd|36|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|72|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=County, State, and Federal Representatives |url=http://www.lagunabeachcity.net/living/representatives.asp |publisher=City of Laguna Beach |access-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016141347/http://lagunabeachcity.net/living/representatives.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Laguna Beach is in {{Representative|cacd|47|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|47}}</ref>

According to the [https://ocvote.com Orange County Registrar of Voters], as of May 12, 2025 , Laguna Beach has 18,082 registered voters. Of those, 6,509 (38.12%) are registered Democrats, 5,042 (29.55%) are registered Republicans, and 4,620 (27.07%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Experience |url=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/cd9f3c5183514912af58b66dc9b37744/page/Map-Central-Main/?views=Daily-Stats%E2%80%8B |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=experience.arcgis.com}}</ref>

Laguna Beach is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections due to its cultural liberalism and LGBTQ+ community, as no Republican has won the city since [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988. In 2008, Laguna Beach was one of only four incorporated cities in Orange County (along with Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, and Irvine) to reject [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]], the ballot initiative that revoked marriage rights for same-sex couples in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf|title=Orange County Statement of Votes – 8: Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry – November 4, 2008|website=ocvote.com|access-date=February 9, 2020}}</ref> That same year during the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Democratic presidential preference primary]], Laguna Beach was one of three cities in Orange County where Democrats favored [[Barack Obama]] over [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/pri0208/sov.pdf|title=Orange County Statement of Votes – Democratic: President of the United States – February 5, 2008|website=ocvote.com|access-date=February 9, 2020}}</ref>