Editing Aliso Viejo, California (section)

==Incorporation==
Aliso Viejo had been an unincorporated community since 1979, and incorporated as a city in 2001 due to the efforts of the Aliso Viejo Cityhood 2000 Committee, which was responsible for introducing an initiative on the ballot for the 2001 special election. Voters passed the initiative with 93.3% in favor of incorporation.<ref name="oc.ca.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e6/frame6.htmOrange|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710023625/http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e6/frame6.htmOrange|url-status=dead|title=The County of Orange California|date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=July 10, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref> [[Carmen Vali-Cave]], the co-founder and president of the committee, became the new city's first [[mayor]].

The seal of the city of Aliso Viejo was adopted in 2001 at incorporation. The seal features several mountains, a sunset, a tree, and several buildings. Also, the seal features the slogan "July 2001", in celebration of the city's incorporation date.

Aliso Viejo is a general law city with a [[council-manager government|council-manager system of government]]. Day-to-day operations are handled by a professional [[city manager]] overseen by a volunteer city council. The City Council of Aliso Viejo consists of five members serving staggered four-year terms. Each year, the Council votes for its next [[Mayor]] and [[Acting Mayor|Mayor ''pro tem'']]. The current City Council consists of Mayor Mike Munzing, Mayor Pro-Tem [[Tiffany Ackley]], and Council Members David C. Harrington, Ross Chun, and William Phillips .

[[File:Aliso Viejo Library clock tower.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Clock tower of the Aliso Viejo Library]]

===State, Federal, and County Representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Aliso Viejo is in {{Representative|casd|37|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|72|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]], Aliso Viejo is in {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref>

Additionally, in the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]], Aliso Viejo is in the 5th County District,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://ocvote.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3233540be31b4dd4bb6b114317d7ead4 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=ocvote.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> represented by [[Katrina Foley]] since 2025.

===Politics===
Aliso Viejo is a swing city at the presidential level. According to the [https://ocvote.gov/ Orange County Registrar of Voters], as of May 15, 2025, Aliso Viejo has 33,064 registered voters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Experience |url=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/cd9f3c5183514912af58b66dc9b37744/page/Map-Central-Main/?views=Daily-Stats%E2%80%8B |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=experience.arcgis.com}}</ref> Of those, 9,210 (33.25%) are registered Republicans, 8,800 (31.77%) are registered Democrats, and 8,388 (30.28%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party/are independents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-gen-2018/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – October 22, 2018|website=ca.gov|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

=== Crime ===
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected annually by the FBI, compiles police statistics from local and state law enforcement agencies across the nation. The UCR records Part I and Part II crimes. Part I crimes become known to law enforcement and are considered the most serious crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Part II crimes only include arrest data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offense Definitions |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/offense-definitions |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=FBI |language=en-us}}</ref> The 2023 UCR Data is listed below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 UCR Data<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Data |url=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250512145102/https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/ |archive-date=2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=cde.ucr.cjis.gov |language=en}}</ref>
!
!Aggravated 
Assault
!Homicide
!Rape
!Robbery
!Burglary
!Larceny 
Theft
!Motor 
Vehicle Theft
!Arson
|-
|Aliso Viejo
|44
|0
|0
|13
|39
|267
|54
|4
|}
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Aliso Viejo 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.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/GEN2020/Run_27/sov.pdf|title=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.48%''' ''15,754''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.30% ''11,519''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.22% ''619''
|-
|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=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.63%''' ''10,968''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.99% ''8,708''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|7.37% ''1,566''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf|title=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.27% ''9,430''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.09%''' ''9,991''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.64% ''527''
|-
|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=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.65%''' ''10,645''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.54% ''9,207''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.81% ''366''
|-
|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=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.73% ''7,648''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.39%''' ''10,964''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.88% ''166''
|}