Fun facts about Leisure World and the city of Laguna Woods:
LEISURE WORLD
Square mileage: 3.3 Population: 19,000 Housing units: 12,736 Homeowners associations annual budget: $70 million Management company employees: 960 Value of recreation facilities: $25 million People 100 or older: 20 People 90 or older: 2,966 Percentage of women residents: 64 Percentage of residents living alone: 47 Pools available to residents: 5 Personal pools: 0 Shuffleboard courts: 18 (12 are indoors) Cul-de-sacs: 215 10-by-20-foot garden plots in community gardens: 1,200 Lawn-bowling greens: 3 Craft workshops: 10 Spaces for RV storage: 413 Registered golf carts: 967 Trees: 50,000
CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS:
(Including Leisure World)
Square mileage: 4 Population: 19,500 Housing units: 12,741 City annual budget: $3.1 million City employees: 4 City Hall volunteers: 15-20 Value of city-owned recreation facilities: $0 Candidates in first City Council election for five seats: 16 Candidates in second council election for three seats: 9 Residents suggestions on the new city name: 188 Birth rate: 0 Sources: Bob Ring, Golden Rain Foundation president; Debby Lamb, Leisure World recreation director
Sources: Bob Ring, Golden Rain Foundation president; Debby Lamb, Leisure World recreation director
