Editing Laguna Hills, California (section)

==Government==
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Laguna Hills 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=District Results Report - November 03, 2020 |date=November 25, 2020|website=www.ocvote.gov |access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.98%''' ''9,129''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.13% ''8,102''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.90% ''333''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf |title=Certified Statement of the Votes Cast at the Presidential General Election, November 8, 2016 |publisher=County of Orange, California |website=ocvote.gov|date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.95% ''6,647''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.31%''' ''6,844''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.75% ''976''
|-
|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=Certified Statement of the Votes Cast at the Presidential General Election, November 6, 2012 |publisher=County of Orange, California |website=ocvote.gov |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.67% ''5,755''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.12%''' ''8,083''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.21% ''313''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf |title=Orange County Statement of Votes |website=ocvote.gov |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.69% ''6,557''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.25%''' ''7,812''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.06% ''302''
|-
|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=Orange County Statement of Votes (November 2, 2004) |website=ocvote.gov |access-date=March 2, 2024 |date=November 29, 2004}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.12% ''5,019''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.68%''' ''8,711''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.20% ''167''
|-
|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=Orange County Statement of Votes: General Election (November 7, 2000) |website=ocvote.gov |access-date=March 2, 2024 |date=November 11, 2006}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.90% ''4,328''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.37%''' ''7,278''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.73% ''449''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali/|title = Statement of vote: November 5, 1996 |date = 1968 |publisher=California Secretary of State}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.87% ''3,784''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.63%''' ''6,326''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|9.50% ''1,061''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali/|title = Statement of vote: General Election, November 3, 1992 |date = 1968 |publisher=California Secretary of State}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.69% ''2,778''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.92%''' ''5,091''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|24.39% ''2,538''
|}

In the [[California State Legislature]], Laguna Hills is in {{Representative|casd|38|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]], Laguna Hills is split between {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}},<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref> and {{Representative|cacd|47|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|47}}</ref>

Laguna Hills is historically a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], however, [[Joe Biden]] became the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the city since its incorporation.

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Laguna Hills has 18,217 registered voters. Of those, 7,002 (38.44%) are registered Republicans, 5,261 (28.88%) are registered Democrats, and 5,143 (28.23%) have no political party preference/are independents.<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>

The Laguna Hills Civic Center was an existing office building at 24035 El Toro Road &ndash; near the [[Laguna Hills Mall]] &ndash; which was bought and totally renovated by the city. The city moved its City Hall there in 2004, but also rents out space in the building on a commercial basis, providing the city with a positive net income on the building.<ref name=strong />

[[File:LagunaHillsDMV.jpg|thumb|The DMV office in Laguna Hills]]
Laguna Hills is home to one of the [[California Department of Motor Vehicles|California DMV]] field offices, where driving tests and other services are administered. The office serves much of south Orange County as the only other location in the region is in [[San Clemente, California|San Clemente]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Laguna Hills Field Office |url=https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/field-office/laguna-hills/ |website=CA DMV |publisher=State of California |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>

===Emergency services===
Fire protection in Laguna Hills is provided by the [[Orange County Fire Authority]] with ambulance service by [[Care Ambulance Service]]. There is also the [[MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center]], a hospital equipped with a full emergency room. Law enforcement is provided by the [[Orange County Sheriff's Department (California)|Orange County Sheriff's Department]].