Editing La Mirada, California (section)

==Government and politics==
The city is governed by a five-member [[council-manager government]]. Voters began electing council members by district in March 2017 in order to avoid litigation for alleged violation of the California Voting Rights Act. Each year the five members vote one of themselves to be the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem.

In the [[California State Legislature]], La Mirada is in {{Representative|casd|30|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|64|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], La Mirada is in {{Representative|cacd|38|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|38}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Whittier Health Center in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], serving La Mirada.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf Whittier Health Center]  This location is now closed {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190101/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf |date=May 27, 2010 }}." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

===Emergency services===
The [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] (LASD) operates the Norwalk Station in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], serving La Mirada.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/norwalk/index.html Norwalk Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123110722/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/norwalk/index.html |date=January 23, 2010 }}." [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref> In addition the department operates the La Mirada Substation.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/norwalk/lamirada.html La Mirada Substation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220143136/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/norwalk/lamirada.html |date=February 20, 2010 }}." [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref>

The Norwalk Station is also responsible for providing contracted police services to the city of Norwalk as well as [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[South Whittier, California|South Whittier]]. The department has a substation in La Mirada located adjacent to City Hall.

Crime in La Mirada is consistently lower than in neighboring communities and fell 8.9% in 2018 after spiking close to 30% over the three previous years, mirroring the experiences of most communities across the state.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.lamiradanewsbeat.com/2019/02/the-number-of-reported-crimes-tracked.html| title=Crime in La Mirada Part One: Crime fell 8.9% in 2018, see all the numbers}}</ref>

Fire protection and [[paramedic]] services are provided by the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] (LACoFD). The department maintains [[fire station|Station]] #49 in La Mirada adjacent to City Hall, provides coverage to the central parts of the city. Station 49 also serves as the headquarters for Battalion 21.

In May 2010, a ribbon cutting was held to celebrate the opening of a second fire station operating in the city. Station 194 moved from its temporary home at 1401 South Beach Boulevard into the new quarters at 13540 Beach Boulevard. The site was chosen as it provides first-in coverage to the city of [[La Habra]], which funded half of the cost of the construction project.

In return for investment towards the construction of Station 194, [[La Habra]] now enjoys the benefits of having a fourth Paramedic Assessment Fire Engine serving the city at no cost to [[La Habra]] taxpayers for a 20-year period (La Habra signed a ten-year fire service agreement extension in 2015). The entire cost of the four-person crew is funded by the County Fire District in which [[La Mirada]] belongs.

The construction of the new fire station, which was a key component of this agreement, was completed in just over four years after a series of design and construction delays. Neighborhoods in eastern La Mirada that once experienced six-minute response (travel) times can now be reached in three minutes or less.

Crews from two nearby stations also include parts of [[La Mirada]] as their first-in district. Engine 35, stationed in [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]] on Artesia Boulevard, covers most of the industrial areas of the city that are south of [[Interstate 5]].

Station 15 located in [[East La Mirada]] on Santa Gertrudes Avenue handles the north and northeast sections of town. The four-person crew assigned to [[Quint (fire apparatus)|Quint]] 15 now staff the only truck company in the area. In addition to ladder truck duties a Quint also has the ability to pump water at a fire. Prior to the 2005 reduction of staff at the La Mirada Boulevard station, there was a truck staffed as well as the engine and paramedic squad currently staffed.

La Mirada both receives and provides assistance to neighboring fire agencies called for in agreements called automatic aid.

In the southern part of the city, resources based in Buena Park and South Santa Fe Springs respond to fires instead of County Fire resources further away and the favor is returned in designated areas outside of La Mirada.

The La Mirada-based Paramedic-Unit, Squad 49 also responds to medical emergencies in Satna Fe Springs when that city's medics are unavailable.

An expanded agreement went into effect in 2018 with the City of Fullerton that has seen a sharp increase in the response by La Mirada fire resources to both medical and fire calls there by both Squad 49, and Engine 194 Beach and Hillsborough Station.