| Rancho Santa Margarita, California was planned as an
“Urban Village,” offering the best of two worlds: all of the elements
and advantages of a small city plus the quality of life of a small
village. In 1996 the Celebrating the Vision Committee developed Rancho
Santa Margarita’s Vision Statement: “A Small City with the Soul of a
Small Village.”
In1989, the people of Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM) established a
Community Civic Association for the purpose of providing a political voice
of the community. The CCA, later known as the Rancho Margarita Civic
Association (and still later as the Civic Council), briefly explored
self-governance, but it was in 1995 that the RSM City Hood Committee, a
separate community organization, began the official city hood process.
The City of Rancho Santa Margarita is located along the foothills of
the Santa Ana Mountains. The City incorporated on January 1, 2000, and
became the 33rd city in the County of Orange. The City has a
population of 47,214. |
