Mission Viejo is a commuter city located within [Orange County], California, United States in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado in its size. Its population as of 2019 was estimated at 94,381[1]. 

Mission Viejo is a general law city, which operates under a council-manager form of government. The [Mission Viejo City Council] consists of five members elected at-large to staggered four-year terms. Each year, the City Council elects a Mayor and a Mayor Pro Tem amongst themselves to serve for one calendar year. The Mayor, who has equal legislative power with fellow members of the City Council, serves as the ceremonial leader of the city and as the presiding officer of the bi-weekly City Council meetings[1].  

! Notable Political Residents

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* [Rich Atkinson]
* [Bill Barker] 
* [Wendy Bucknum]
* [Sherri M. Butterfield|Sherri Butterfield] 
* [Fred Carr]
* [Joe R. Chavez|Joe Chavez]
* [Ryan K.L. Cheo|Ryan Cheo] 
* [Richard Coleman]
* [Emmy Day]
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* [Mark Dobrilovic]
* [Mahmoud El-Farra]
* [Michael Ferrall]
* [Bob Gaebel]
* [Ken Golemo]
* [Diane Greenwood]
* [Nancy Howell] 
* [Dan Joseph]
* [Trish Kelley]
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* [Desi Kiss]
* [Dave Leckness]
* [John Paul Ledesma] 
* [Neil Lonsinger]
* [Lance Maclean]
* [John Maginnis]
* [Sam Mamola]
* [Michael McConnell]
* [Justin McCusker]
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* [Brad Morton] 
* [Judy Rackauckas]
* [Greg Raths]
* [Rhonda Reardon]
* [Gail Reavis]
* [Ed Sachs]
* [Rick Sandzimier]
* [Cathy Schlicht]
* [Brian Skalsky]
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* [Frank Ury]
* [Michael Williamson]
* [Susan Withrow] 
* [James Woodin] 
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!Sources and Articles

!Footnotes
[#1] [Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Viejo,_California]
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