Lake Forest is a city in [Orange County], California. The population was 77,264 at the 2010 census.[1] Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to incorporation, the community had been known as El Toro. Following a vote in 2000, Lake Forest expanded its city limits to include the master-planned developments of [Foothill Ranch] and [Portola Hills].[1] [Lake Forest City Council] ! Notable Political Residents %%columns * [Steven Becker] * [Jeffrey Carta] * [Richard Dixon] * [Dwayne Healy] * [Peter Herzog] * [Timothy Kubik] * [Daniel Lieberman] * [Kathryn McCullough] * [Tim Redwine] * [Dwight Robinson] * [Marcia Rudolph] * [Mark Tettemer] /% ! Footnotes [#1] [Wikipedia:Lake_Forest,_California]