[Aliso Viejo|https://avcity.org/] is a city in the San Joaquin Hills of southern [Orange County], [California]. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became [Orange County]'s 34th city on July 1, 2001, the only city in [Orange County] to be incorporated since 2000. It is bordered by the cities of [Laguna Beach] on the west and southwest, [Laguna Hills] on the east, [Laguna Niguel] on the southeast, and [Laguna Woods] on the north. 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. [Carmen Cave], the co-founder and president of the committee, became the new city's first mayor. Aliso Viejo is a general law city with a [council|Aliso Viejo City 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 Mayor pro tem[#1].

!Notable Political Residents
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* [Carmen Cave]
* [Greg Ficke]
* [Richard Forsyth]
* [Jim Gilchrist]
* [Rich Olquin]
* [Cynthia Pickett]
* [Russell Reinhart]
* [Karl Warkomski]
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!Articles and Sources
* [List of mayors of Aliso Viejo, California|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Aliso_Viejo,_California]
* [Aliso Viejo says goodbye to Garcia and Ficke |https://www.ocregister.com/2012/12/07/aliso-viejo-says-goodbye-to-garcia-and-ficke/]
* [Aliso Viejo|https://www.coasttocanyon.com/aliso-viejo/]
* [Cynthia Pickett-Adams|https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11597824]
* [Aliso Viejo Candidate Cries Foul Over Campaign Fund|https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-21-me-28217-story.html] (Feb. 21, 2001)
* [Aliso Viejo Councilman Tsunoda won’t seek re-election in 2018|https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/06/aliso-viejo-councilman-tsunoda-wont-seek-re-election-in-2018/] (Dec 11, 2017)
 
!Footnotes
[#1] [Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Viejo,_California]