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Mission Viejo, California
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Mission Viejo, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Wendy Bucknum
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 93,102
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcemissionviejo.gov/government/city-council ↗
- Official leadership pagemissionviejo.gov/government/city-council ↗
- City websitemissionviejo.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Wendy Bucknum CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Robert Ruesch FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 93,102
- Median household income
- $136,570
- Median age
- 46
- Land area
- 17.66 sq mi
- Population density
- 5,271.9 per sq mi
- County
- Orange County
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
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