Laguna Woods is a general law city, operating with a "council-manager" form of government. The council-manager form of government blends five elected City Council citizen representatives, who set policies and adopt local laws, with a City Manager and team of professional staff and consultants who carry out these policies. Two of Laguna Woods current Council members-Mayor Pro Tem Brenda Ross and Councilman Bert Hack-have served the City since incorporation, as has its City Manager, Leslie Keane are

married. Laguna Woods is a place where you'll find a lot of people living alone in their apartments or homes. It's not a place just for families. Though it's not a singles bar, single people will feel at home in the city, the city has more single adults than most places of its size. If you spend a lot of time in Laguna Woods, you'll notice that retired and elderly people are a common sight. That is because Ninety percent of the City’s four square miles is contained within the senior citizen gated community of Leisure World and the average age of its residents is seventy eight.