Elections for City Council seats are held on the first Tuesday in November of even-numbered years, coinciding with state and national elections. Council Members are elected at-large for a four-year term. Council Members serve "staggered" terms, meaning that each election fills either two or three open seats.

!!! Selection of Mayor

The City’s Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected at the first meeting of each December to serve a one-year term beginning January 1. These positions are filled by sitting Council Members by a vote of the majority of members.

!Election History

Note that [Aliso Viejo] became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, so there's no city council history before that.

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||Year||Member 1||Member 2||Member 3|| Member 4||Member 5||Mayor||Mayor Pro Tem||Race||Notes
|2001|[Carmen L Vali|Carmen Cave]|[Cynthia Pickett]|[Bill Phillips]|[Greg Ficke]|[Karl Warkomski]|[Carmen L Vali|Carmen Cave] |[Cynthia Pickett] | [2001 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2002| | | | | | | | |
|2003| | | | | |[Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett] |[Bill Phillips] | |
|2004| | | | | |[Bill Phillips] |[Karl Warkomski] |[2004 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2005| | |[Bill Phillips] |[Greg Ficke]|[Karl Warkomski]|[Karl Warkomski] |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] | |
|2006| | | | | |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] |[Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett] |[2006 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2007|[Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett]\\[Phil Tsunoda]|[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] | | |[Donald Garcia] |[Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett]\\[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] \\ [Bill Phillips] | | [Karl Warkomski] resigned Feb. 10, 2007 \\[Donald Garcia] appointed March 3, 2007 to replace [Karl Warkomski] \\ [Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett] resigned April 18, 2007 \\ [Phil Tsunoda] appointed 2007 to replace [Cynthia Adams|Cynthia Pickett]
|2008| | | | | |[Bill Phillips] | |[2008 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2009|[Phil Tsunoda] | |[Bill Phillips]|[Greg Ficke]|[Donald Garcia]|[Donald Garcia] |[Phil Tsunoda] | |
|2010| | | | | |[Phil Tsunoda] |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] |[2010 Aliso Viejo City Council] | |
|2011|[Phil Tsunoda]|[Carmen Cave] | | | |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] | | |
|2012| | | | | |[Donald Garcia] |[Bill Phillips] |[2012 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2013| | |[Bill Phillips]|[Mike Munzing]|[Ross Chun] |[Carmen L Vali-Cave|Carmen Cave] |[Phil Tsunoda] | |
|2014| | | | | |[Phil Tsunoda] |[Bill Phillips] |[2014 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2015|[Phil Tsunoda]|[Dave Harrington]| | | |[Bill Phillips] |[Mike Munzing] | |
|2016| | | | | |[Mike Munzing] |[Dave Harrington] |[2016 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2017| | |[Bill Phillips]|[Mike Munzing]|[Ross Chun] |[Dave Harrington] |[Phil Tsunoda] | |
|2018| | | | | |[Dave Harrington] |[Ross Chun]  |[2018 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2019|[Tiffany Ackley]|[Dave Harrington]| | | | | | |
|2020| | | | | |[Mike Munzing] |[Tiffany Ackley] |[2020 Aliso Viejo City Council] |
|2021| | |[Richard Hurt] |[Mike Munzing] |[Ross Chun] | | |
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! Sources
* [http://ocvote.com]
* [https://avcity.org/292/Mayor-Mike-Munzing]
* [Wikipedia:List_of_mayors_of_Aliso_Viejo,_California]
* [https://avcity.org/222/City-Council]
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