Rossmoor, California
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Rossmoor is an affluent planned census-designated place
located in Orange County, California
. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 10,244, down from 10,298 at the 2000 census. The gated
Leisure World
retirement community in the city of Seal Beach
is to the south of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos
is to the east and north, and Long Beach
is to the west (on the other side of the San Gabriel River
, the 605 freeway
and the border with Los Angeles County). The community of Rossmoor has two shopping centers within its boundaries, but only one—the Rossmoor Village Square—is now within the political boundaries of the Rossmoor Community Services District. A larger shopping center, the Rossmoor Business Center, now remodeled and called the Shops at Rossmoor—was annexed, despite many protests, by the city of Seal Beach in 1962.
gated retirement community
in that part of Seal Beach
which is immediately south of Rossmoor. The Rossmoor community is easy to recognize because of its red brick "signature wall" that borders the entire unincorporated community. It is a signature of the Rossmoor community that differentiates it from neighboring cities Los Alamitos and Seal Beach.
There are 3,430 single family homes and 1 condominium complex within Rossmoor.
Although it is not part of the city of Los Alamitos, it is served under the Los Alamitos "sphere of influence" and was proposed to be annexed to the city by 2007 after the Local Agency Formation Commission reviews the proposal. http://www.oclafco.ca.gov/publichearing/index.htm
Another proposal would combine Rossmoor with adjacent Seal Beach and Los Alamitos
to form one city. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1538984.php
Rossmoor is served by the Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer District. The mainly residential area is also served by the Rossmoor Community Services District, which serves the community as an independent functionary would, and provides limited services like landscape upkeep, city and road maintenance, and performing some general day-to-day upkeep of the community. However, the council lacks any central government, authority to the California State Government, and cannot make decisions about the future of the community, which is all delegated to the County of Orange's Unincorporated Islands Program.
A vote by residents on the issue of incorporation was held on November 4, 2008. The proposition for cityhood was resoundingly defeated by a vote of 72% to 28% indicating that the majority of residents desire not be incorporated as a city. Residents also voted down three separate utility tax proposals by a wide margin. http://www.ocvote.com/live/gen2008/results.htm
and Seal Beach
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km²), all of it land.
was 6,660.9 people per square mile (2,571.8/km²). The racial makeup of Rossmoor was 8,691 (84.8%) White, 84 (0.8%) African American, 36 (0.4%) Native American, 838 (8.2%) Asian, 29 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 168 (1.6%) from other races
, and 398 (3.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,174 persons (11.5%).
The Census reported that 10,244 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 3,631 households, out of which 1,382 (38.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,456 (67.6%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 326 (9.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 138 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 90 (2.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 20 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 596 households (16.4%) were made up of individuals and 390 (10.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82. There were 2,920 families
(80.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.17.
The population was spread out with 2,550 people (24.9%) under the age of 18, 738 people (7.2%) aged 18 to 24, 1,742 people (17.0%) aged 25 to 44, 3,444 people (33.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,770 people (17.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.5 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
There were 3,710 housing units at an average density of 2,412.3 per square mile (931.4/km²), of which 3,180 (87.6%) were owner-occupied, and 451 (12.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 8,998 people (87.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,246 people (12.2%) lived in rental housing units.
of 2000, there were 10,298 people, 3,715 households, and 2,975 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 6,583.8 people per square mile (2,548.8/km²). There were 3,761 housing units at an average density of 2,404.5 per square mile (930.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.88% White, 0.78% African American, 0.34% Native American, 5.72% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races, and 2.83% from two or more races. 6.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,715 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples
living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.9% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $86,457, and the median income for a family was $93,500. Males had a median income of $71,875 versus $46,913 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $38,642. 2.0% of the population and 1.3% of families were below the poverty line. 2.5% of those under the age of 18 and 1.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Rossmoor is located in the 35th Senate
District, represented by Republican
Tom Harman
, and in the 67th Assembly
District, represented by Republican Jim Silva
. Federally, Rossmoor is located in California's 40th congressional district
, which has a Cook PVI
of R +8 and is represented by Republican Ed Royce
.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
located in Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 10,244, down from 10,298 at the 2000 census. The gated
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential...
Leisure World
Leisure World, Seal Beach, California
Leisure World is a gated retirement community located in Seal Beach, Orange County, California.Construction on the approximately one square mile community was begun in 1960 with the first residents moving in on June 6, 1962. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the...
retirement community in the city of Seal Beach
Seal Beach, California
-Neighborhoods:Seal Beach encompasses the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S...
is to the south of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos, California
Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,449 at the 2010 census, down from 11,536 at the 2000 census...
is to the east and north, and Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
is to the west (on the other side of the San Gabriel River
San Gabriel River (California)
The San Gabriel River flows through southern Los Angeles County, California in the United States. Its main stem is about long, while its farthest tributaries extend almost altogether...
, the 605 freeway
Interstate 605
Interstate 605 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Greater Los Angeles Area of Southern California...
and the border with Los Angeles County). The community of Rossmoor has two shopping centers within its boundaries, but only one—the Rossmoor Village Square—is now within the political boundaries of the Rossmoor Community Services District. A larger shopping center, the Rossmoor Business Center, now remodeled and called the Shops at Rossmoor—was annexed, despite many protests, by the city of Seal Beach in 1962.
History
The Rossmoor community was developed from 1955 through 1961 by Ross W. Cortese, who had earlier developed the architecturally-significant Lakewood Rancho Estates in Long Beach (1953) and the Frematic Homes (1954) in Anaheim, just north and west of Disneyland. Originally created as a nudist colony, this quickly changed when Cortese's original partners in securing the first large parcels of land that would become Rossmoor included California governor Goodwin Knight and Judge Alfred Gittelson, who had also partnered with him in the Lakewood Rancho Estates and the Frematic homes. (It was Gittelson who later agreed to annex his Rossmoor Shopping Center property to Seal Beach in the 1960s.) After Rossmoor, Cortese would construct the first of his very successful Leisure WorldLeisure World, Seal Beach, California
Leisure World is a gated retirement community located in Seal Beach, Orange County, California.Construction on the approximately one square mile community was begun in 1960 with the first residents moving in on June 6, 1962. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the...
gated retirement community
Retirement community
A retirement community, or active adult community, is a very broad, generic term that covers many varieties of housing for retirees and seniors - especially designed or geared for people who no longer work, or restricted to those over a certain age . It differs from a retirement home which is a...
in that part of Seal Beach
Seal Beach, California
-Neighborhoods:Seal Beach encompasses the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S...
which is immediately south of Rossmoor. The Rossmoor community is easy to recognize because of its red brick "signature wall" that borders the entire unincorporated community. It is a signature of the Rossmoor community that differentiates it from neighboring cities Los Alamitos and Seal Beach.
There are 3,430 single family homes and 1 condominium complex within Rossmoor.
History
According to a June 2006 consultant's report to the Rossmoor Planning Committee, the most cost effective solution for Rossmoor would be to be annexed by the city of Seal Beach. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1185596.phpAlthough it is not part of the city of Los Alamitos, it is served under the Los Alamitos "sphere of influence" and was proposed to be annexed to the city by 2007 after the Local Agency Formation Commission reviews the proposal. http://www.oclafco.ca.gov/publichearing/index.htm
Another proposal would combine Rossmoor with adjacent Seal Beach and Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos can mean:* Los Alamitos, California, a city in Orange County, California**Los Alamitos High School**Los Alamitos Army Airfield...
to form one city. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1538984.php
Rossmoor is served by the Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer District. The mainly residential area is also served by the Rossmoor Community Services District, which serves the community as an independent functionary would, and provides limited services like landscape upkeep, city and road maintenance, and performing some general day-to-day upkeep of the community. However, the council lacks any central government, authority to the California State Government, and cannot make decisions about the future of the community, which is all delegated to the County of Orange's Unincorporated Islands Program.
Current status
At the May 22, 2008 meeting, LAFCO recommended that the Rossmoor Incorporation Plan go to a vote of the community.A vote by residents on the issue of incorporation was held on November 4, 2008. The proposition for cityhood was resoundingly defeated by a vote of 72% to 28% indicating that the majority of residents desire not be incorporated as a city. Residents also voted down three separate utility tax proposals by a wide margin. http://www.ocvote.com/live/gen2008/results.htm
Geography
Rossmoor is located at 33°47'20" North, 118°4'47" West (33.788917, -118.079721). It borders the cities of Los AlamitosLos Alamitos, California
Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,449 at the 2010 census, down from 11,536 at the 2000 census...
and Seal Beach
Seal Beach, California
-Neighborhoods:Seal Beach encompasses the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S...
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Rossmoor had a population of 10,244. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 6,660.9 people per square mile (2,571.8/km²). The racial makeup of Rossmoor was 8,691 (84.8%) White, 84 (0.8%) African American, 36 (0.4%) Native American, 838 (8.2%) Asian, 29 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 168 (1.6%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 398 (3.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,174 persons (11.5%).
The Census reported that 10,244 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 3,631 households, out of which 1,382 (38.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,456 (67.6%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 326 (9.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 138 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 90 (2.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 20 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 596 households (16.4%) were made up of individuals and 390 (10.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82. There were 2,920 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(80.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.17.
The population was spread out with 2,550 people (24.9%) under the age of 18, 738 people (7.2%) aged 18 to 24, 1,742 people (17.0%) aged 25 to 44, 3,444 people (33.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,770 people (17.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.5 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
There were 3,710 housing units at an average density of 2,412.3 per square mile (931.4/km²), of which 3,180 (87.6%) were owner-occupied, and 451 (12.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 8,998 people (87.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,246 people (12.2%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 10,298 people, 3,715 households, and 2,975 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 6,583.8 people per square mile (2,548.8/km²). There were 3,761 housing units at an average density of 2,404.5 per square mile (930.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.88% White, 0.78% African American, 0.34% Native American, 5.72% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races, and 2.83% from two or more races. 6.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,715 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.9% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $86,457, and the median income for a family was $93,500. Males had a median income of $71,875 versus $46,913 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $38,642. 2.0% of the population and 1.3% of families were below the poverty line. 2.5% of those under the age of 18 and 1.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Politics
In the state legislatureCalifornia State Legislature
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Rossmoor is located in the 35th Senate
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
District, represented by Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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Tom Harman
Tom Harman
Thomas George Harman is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the California State Senate who had previously been a three-term member of the California State Assembly. Both seats represent portions of Orange County....
, and in the 67th Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
District, represented by Republican Jim Silva
Jim Silva
James Wayne Silva is a Republican United States politician who represents the 67th Assembly District in the California State Assembly....
. Federally, Rossmoor is located in California's 40th congressional district
California's 40th congressional district
California's 40th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Orange County. The district covers cities in the northern part of the county, including Fullerton, Orange, Cypress, Stanton, and Buena Park....
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an American congressional district or state leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole...
of R +8 and is represented by Republican Ed Royce
Ed Royce
Edward Randall "Ed" Royce is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 39th, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district lies in northern Orange County, including portions of Stanton, Cypress, Buena Park, Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia, and Orange...
.