Laguna Woods Village

GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE

The governmental structure of Laguna Woods, which incorporated as a city in March 1999, consists of a City Council and Mayor chosen from within the elected Council.  The Council functions as most city governments do, contracting for police, fire and other public services and administering city funds, etc.  In addition, the governmental structure at Laguna Woods Village includes three housing corporations and the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF).  Each owner in Laguna Woods Village is a member of one housing corporation and the GRF.  The housing corporations are responsible for those things directly related to housing and the adjacent land.  The GRF is responsible for directing the operation of all “community” facilities such as the bus system, security, clubhouses, golf courses, stables, lawn bowling, etc.  Each of the Corporations contracts with Professional Community Management (PCM), a property management firm to manage their respective area of responsibility.  The three Mutual’s are as follows:

            Cooperative:               United Laguna Hills Mutual               6,323 Memberships

            Condominium:            Third Laguna Hills Mutual                 6,102 Owners

            Rossmoor Towers      Laguna Woods Mutual Fifty                 311 Owners

Each Mutual has a Board of Directors composed of residents elected by popular ballot of their peers.  The Golden Rain Foundation is elected by the Directors of the three mutual’s to manage,    

control and run the community facilities.  In addition to the boards or Directors, some 26 advisory committees exist to assist the complex job of managing such a large community.