Lake Forest, California City of Lake Forest Aerial view of Lake Forest Aerial view of Lake Forest Official seal of Lake Forest, California Location of Lake Forest inside Orange County, California.
Location of Lake Forest inside Orange County, California.
Lake Forest, California is positioned in the US Lake Forest, California - Lake Forest, California Lake Forest is a town/city in Orange County, California.
Lake Forest incorporated as a town/city on December 20, 1991.
Prior to incorporation, the improve had been known as El Toro. Following a vote in 2000, Lake Forest period its town/city limits to include the master-planned developments of Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills.
Lake Forest (along with its neighboring metros/cities Mission Viejo and Irvine) is ranked as one of the safest metros/cities in the country. Lake Forest has two lakes from which the town/city gets its name.
Lake 1, known as the Lake Forest Beach and Tennis Club, and Lake 2, the Sun and Sail Club.
The "forest" for which the town/city is also titled lies in the region between Ridge Route, Jeronimo, Lake Forest and Serrano roads, and consists mostly of Eucalyptus trees.
After years of planning, the town/city has worked with the property owners of some ageing strip malls and advanced the "Arbor at Lake Forest" commercial district.
The new center can now compete with large shopping centers in metros/cities that surround Lake Forest.
Lake Forest Sports Park and Recreation Center opened on November 1, 2014, athwart the street from Saddleback Church. The 86.2-acre Sports Park, assembled with fees collected from developers for a "study" that led to the rezoning of encircling areas, is one of the biggest sports parks in Orange County. The Recreation Center homes classrooms/activities rooms and a gymnasium, hosting many education and recreation programs that have previously been hosted at the rented City Hall facility. Lake Forest is also home to two county parks.
Heritage Hill Historical Park and Museum is home to some of the earliest buildings in Orange County, including the Jose Serrano Adobe, an initial adobe home and settlement assembled in 1863; El Toro's first school, the old El Toro School House; El Toro's first church, St.
Georges Episcopal Church; and the Harvey Bennett Ranch House, assembled in 1908, from which the Bennett Ranch evolution in Lake Forest derives its name.
The Bennett's son, Richard Beach Bennett, was educated in Animal Husbandry at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, and interval replacement trees for farmers, before starting his own ranch in Balcom Canyon in Ventura County.
Lake Forest has one high school, El Toro High School.
It has established itself as one of the top[specify] schools in Southern California, along with the other three elected high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The mascot is a bull and its squads are known as the Chargers.
Lake Forest is served by two chapters of the Orange County Public Library fitness known as OC Public Libraries: the El Toro branch and the Foothill Ranch branch. Lake Forest also has etnies Skatepark, which is the biggest enhance skatepark with over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.9 square miles (46 km2).
Lake Forest is bordered by Irvine on the west, Laguna Hills on the southwest, Mission Viejo on the southeast, Trabuco Canyon on the east, and Limestone Canyon Regional Park on the north.
It has two man-made lakes identified by the clubhouses on the lakes the Beach and Tennis Club (Hidden Lakes, formerly Lake I) and the Sun and Sail Club (Lake II).
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lake Forest had a populace of 77,264.
The ethnic makeup of Lake Forest was 54,341 (70.3%) White (57.2% Non-Hispanic White), 1,295 (1.7%) African American, 384 (0.5%) Native American, 10,115 (13.1%) Asian, 191 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 7,267 (9.4%) from other competitions, and 3,671 (4.8%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 19,115 citizens (24.7%) under the age of 18, 6,775 citizens (8.8%) aged 18 to 24, 22,099 citizens (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 22,184 citizens (28.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,091 citizens (9.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
54,082 citizens (70.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 22,667 citizens (29.3%) lived in rental housing units.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Lake Forest City Hall Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was positioned one mile (1.6 km) from the town/city of Lake Forest in the town/city of Irvine.
Of the 40,352 registered voters in Lake Forest; 25.8% are Democrats and 53.4% are Republicans.
Andrew Hamilton serves as Lake Forest's Mayor and Scott Voigts serves as Mayor Pro Tem.
In the California State Legislature, Lake Forest is in the 37th Senate District, represented by Republican John Moorlach, and in the 68th Assembly District, represented by Republican Steven Choi. In the United States House of Representatives, Lake Forest is in California's 45th congressional district, represented by Republican Mimi Walters. According to 2012 statistics, the estimated median value of a home or condo in Lake Forest is $457,600 compared to $349,400 for the state of California.
The town/city of Lake Forest puts on an annual summer concert at Pittsford park.
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Municipalities and communities of Orange County, California, United States
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