Editing Laguna Woods, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Laguna Woods, California
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| image_skyline      = Laguna Woods Village Golf Course.jpg
| image_caption      = Laguna Woods Village Golf Course
| image_seal         = City-LagunaWoods-Logo.jpg
| image_map          = Orange County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Laguna Woods Highlighted 0639259.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Laguna Woods in Orange County, California.
| pushpin_map        = USA California Southern#California#USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Southern California##Location in California##Location in the United States
| pushpin_label      = Laguna Woods
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Orange County, California|Orange]]
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = March 24, 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date |format=Word |url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |url-status=dead |publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s |access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>
<!-- Government ----------->| government_type    = [[Council-Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Cynthia Conners
| leader_title1      = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name1       = Noel Hatch
| leader_title2      = [[City Council]]
| leader_name2       = Shari L. Horne <br> Annie McCary <br> Carol Moore
| leader_title3      = [[City Manager]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/08/21/laguna-woods-names-new-city-manager/|title=Laguna Woods names new city manager|date=August 21, 2013 |publisher=The Orange County Register|access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref>
| leader_name3       = Christopher Macon
<!-- Area------------------>| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044541/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.34
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.34
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| area_total_km2     = 8.64
| area_land_km2      = 8.64
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_water_percent = 0.01
<!-- Elevation ------------>| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1848119|Laguna Woods|accessdate=April 16, 2015}}</ref>
| elevation_ft       = 381
| elevation_m        = 116
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|36|33|N|117|43|58|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 17,644
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Quick facts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lagunawoodscitycalifornia/AGE775222#AGE775222 |website=census.gov |access-date=July 16, 2024}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 2042.12
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 92637
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 949|949]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info         = {{FIPS|06|39259}}
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = {{GNIS 4|1848119}}
| website            = {{URL|https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/}}
| pop_est_as_of      = July 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lagunawoodscitycalifornia/PST045222 | title= Quick Facts Laguna Woods city, California | website= U.S. Census Bureau | access-date= January 16, 2024 | archive-date= May 22, 2023 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230522063202/http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lagunawoodscitycalifornia/PST045222 | url-status= live }}</ref>
| population_est     = 17192
| population_density_sq_mi = 5282.63
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/government/city-council/|title=City Council|publisher=City of Laguna Woods|access-date=January 16, 2024|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116205724/https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/government/city-council/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}


'''Laguna Woods''' (''Laguna'' being {{langnf|es||Lagoon}}) is a city in [[Orange County, California]], United States. The population was 17,644 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Laguna Woods city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lagunawoodscitycalifornia/AGE775222#AGE775222 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref> up from 16,192 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], with a median age of 74.5 (as of 2021).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laguna Woods, CA {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/laguna-woods-ca/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=datausa.io |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116204220/https://datausa.io/profile/geo/laguna-woods-ca/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Laguna Woods became Orange County's 32nd city on March 24, 1999, after local residents voted to incorporate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2016 |title=The Story of Laguna Woods |url=https://lagunawoodshistory.org/community |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Laguna Woods History Center |language=en-US |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116204516/https://lagunawoodshistory.org/community |url-status=live }}</ref> About ninety percent of the city consists of [[Laguna Woods Village]], a private gated [[retirement community]], formerly known as Leisure World. The other ten percent consists of businesses, some homes and the city hall, which are accessible to the public. Incorporation efforts in the late 1990s were largely driven by the need for residents to have a stronger voice against the prospective construction of an international airport at the nearby decommissioned [[Marine Corps Air Station El Toro]]. The airport proposal was defeated, and the land in question has been tabbed for development as the [[Orange County Great Park]]. 

==History==

=== Indigenous ===
The [[Acjachemen]] and the [[Tongva]] were the original inhabitants of this area and throughout Orange County. The Acjachemen were the main residents dating back 16,000 years while the Tongva had less villages in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibit – Laguna Woods History Center |url=https://lagunawoodshistory.org/exhibit#:~:text=About%2016,000%20years%20ago,%20the,Nation)%20for%2039%20years.%E2%80%9D |access-date=2025-05-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 20th century ===
Laguna Woods, California occupies approximately three-square miles of land that was once a part of South Orange County's expansive Moulton Ranch. Prior to the 1960s, dry farming and cattle grazing dominated the area, with a few scattered ranch dwellings and barns.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/about-us/ |website=City of Laguna Woods, California}}</ref>

In 1962, Ross Cortese, a young developer whose previous projects included Rossmoor and Leisure World Seal Beach, purchased a portion of the Moulton Ranch. His goal was to create a second Leisure World community or, as he said, “to supply the basic needs of life for people aged 52 and older; create a serene atmosphere of beauty; and provide security, recreation, and religious facilities – then leave the living to the individual.” His dream materialized and in 1964 Leisure World Laguna Hills received its first residents.

The prospect of incorporation first arose in 1971 and was a lingering issue until 1996, when the potential for a reduction in county services and the possibility of a commercial airport at the nearby site of the former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, became very real concerns. Proponents of cityhood were successful in placing the issue of incorporation on the ballot for a special election on March 2, 1999.

On March 24, 1999, Laguna Woods officially became Orange County's 32nd city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2016 |title=The Story of Laguna Woods |url=https://lagunawoodshistory.org/community |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Laguna Woods History Center |language=en-US |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116204221/https://lagunawoodshistory.org/community |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
On May 15, 2022, a [[2022 Laguna Woods shooting|shooting occurred]] at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods. One person was killed and five others were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tebor |first=Christal Hayes and Celina |title='Exceptional heroism': California churchgoers stopped rampage, hogtied suspect after deadly shooting |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/15/geneva-presbyterian-church-shooting-suspect-victims/9788206002/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515231203/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/15/geneva-presbyterian-church-shooting-suspect-victims/9788206002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The attack is believed to have been motivated by anti-Taiwanese sentiment.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last1=Taxin |first1=Amy |last2=Bharath |first2=Deepa |last3=Dazio |first3=Stefanie |last4=Antczak |first4=John |last5=Shafner |first5=Rhonda |others=The Associated Press |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Authorities say hate against Taiwanese people led to California church attack |work=PBS NewsHour |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/authorities-say-hate-against-taiwanese-people-led-to-california-church-attack |access-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517141335/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/authorities-say-hate-against-taiwanese-people-led-to-california-church-attack |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==
Laguna Woods is located at {{coord|33|36|33|N|117|43|58|W|type:city}} (33.609165, -117.732791).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.1|sqmi|km2}}, which is virtually all land.

It is bordered by [[Laguna Hills, California|Laguna Hills]], [[Aliso Viejo, California|Aliso Viejo]], [[Laguna Beach, California|Laguna Beach]], as well as the [[Laguna Coast Wilderness Park|Laguna Coast State Park]] and other natural open spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/about-us/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=City of Laguna Woods, California |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110210125/https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Education==
Laguna Woods itself has no public schools. The city is located in the [[Capistrano Unified School District]] and the [[Saddleback Valley Unified School District]], as well as the South Orange County Community College District.<ref>{{Cite news |title=School Districts Serving Laguna Woods, CA |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/t/laguna-woods-orange-ca/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |work=Niche |language=en-US |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116204220/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/t/laguna-woods-orange-ca/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 16507
|2010= 16192
|2020= 17644
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Laguna Woods first appeared as a city in the [[2000 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2000CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Laguna Woods city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Laguna Woods city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0639259&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Laguna Woods city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639259&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Laguna Woods city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639259&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|15,580
|13,600
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,206
|94.38%
|83.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |69.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|41
|105
|style='background: #ffffe6; |158
|0.25%
|0.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|18
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.11%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|412
|1,613
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,796
|2.50%
|9.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.51%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|4
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.02%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|7
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35
|0.04%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|105
|179
|style='background: #ffffe6; |491
|0.64%
|1.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.78%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|340
|650
|style='background: #ffffe6; |939
|2.06%
|4.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.32%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''16,507'''
|'''16,192'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''17,644'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported a population of 17,701. The racial makeup was 74.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 21.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 5.2% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Laguna Woods had a population of 16,192. The population density was {{convert|5,196.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Laguna Woods was 14,133 (87.3%) White (84.0% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|title=Laguna Woods (city), California|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639259.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030084329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639259.html|archive-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> 110 (0.7%) African American, 24 (0.1%) Native American, 1,624 (10.0%) Asian, 10 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 90 (0.6%) from other races, and 201 (1.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 650 people (4.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639259|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030335/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639259|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Laguna Woods city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 16,025 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 167 (1.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 11,302 households, 36 (0.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,278 (29.0%) were married couples living together, 482 (4.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 113 (1.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 194 (1.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried couples or partnerships]], and 54 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 6,924 households (61.3%) were one person and 6,097 (53.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.42. There were 3,873 families (34.3% of households); the average family size was 2.07.

The age distribution was 48 people (0.3%) under the age of 18, 56 people (0.3%) aged 18 to 24, 266 people (1.6%) aged 25 to 44, 2,948 people (18.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 12,874 people (79.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 77.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 55.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 55.0 males.

There were 13,016 housing units at an average density of 4,177.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 8,730 (77.2%) were owner-occupied and 2,572 (22.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.2%. 12,456 people (76.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,569 people (22.0%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Laguna Woods had a median household income of $36,818, with 9.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 16,507 people in 11,699 households, including 3,989 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|5,158.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 12,650 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,953.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 96.12% White, 0.25% Black, 0.12% American Indian, 2.50% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.06%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the 11,699 households 0.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.7% were married couples living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 65.9% were non-families. 62.2% of households were one person and 57.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.40 and the average family size was 2.06.

The age distribution was 0.6% under the age of 18, 0.2% from 18 to 24, 2.2% from 25 to 44, 10.6% from 45 to 64, and 86.4% 65 or older. The median age was 78 years. For every 100 females, there were 51.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 51.6 males.

The median household income was $30,493 and the median family income was $46,889. Males had a median income of $56,563 versus $35,188 for females. The per capita income for the city was $32,071. About 2.6% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Laguna Woods 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
| 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]], Laguna Woods is in {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}},<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref> and in [[California's 47th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[Dave Min]] since 2025. 

Additionally, in the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]], Laguna Woods is in the fifth district, represented by [[Katrina Foley]]. 

According to the [https://www.ocvote.gov/ Orange County Registrar of Voters], as of May 14, 2025, Laguna Woods has 15,420 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, 5,081 (36.22%) are registered Republicans, 5,041 (35.94%) are registered Democrats, and 3,392 (24.18%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.<ref>{{cite web  |url=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/cd9f3c5183514912af58b66dc9b37744/page/Map-Central-Main/?views=Daily-Stats%E2%80%8B |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323230212/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |website=ca.gov |title=Experience }}</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 for Laguna Woods is listed below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 UCR Data<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |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
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==Infrastructure==
===Public Safety services===
Fire protection in Laguna Woods is provided by the [[Orange County Fire Authority]] with ambulance service by [[Care Ambulance Service]]. Law enforcement is provided by the [[Orange County Sheriff's Department (California)|Orange County Sheriff's Department]]. Security services within Laguna Woods Village<ref>{{Cite web |title=Security Services |url=https://www.lagunawoodsvillage.com/residents/security-services |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Laguna Woods Village |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116204220/https://www.lagunawoodsvillage.com/residents/security-services |url-status=live }}</ref> are provided by Laguna Woods Village Security.

=== Transportation ===
[[Orange County Transportation Authority]] operates bus transportation throughout Laguna Woods.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Laguna Woods Fact Sheet |url=https://octa.net/pdf/fact-sheet/Laguna-Woods-Fact-Sheet.pdf |access-date=May 5, 2025 |website=www.octa.net.}}</ref>

California Yellow Cab Taxi Service provides free taxi services for senior residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Mobility Program |url=https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/smp/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=City of Laguna Woods, California}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Laguna Woods, California}}
*[https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/ City of Laguna Woods]

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