![]() ![]() ![]() Police services are provided through contract with the Orange County Sheriff. Rancho Santa Margarita is a contract city. The City is a general law city and operates under the council-manager form of government. Rolling Hills Estates had the longest city name in California with 19 letters until January 1, 2000, when the title was ceded to Rancho Santa Margarita (20 letters) upon the latter's incorporation. ![]() In August 1992, the Hughes plant closed its facilities and moved the division to Carlsbad, California due to budget constraints in the aerospace industry. Hughes Aircraft Company's Microelectronic Systems Division moved to Rancho Santa Margarita in May 1988 from Irvine. The tower in the foreground symbolizes the Rancho Santa Margarita Lake Tower. The city seal has the brands of Rancho Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita and Las Flores on the border, with artwork containing Santiago Peak in the background. In 1810, the Trabuco Adobe was constructed near the village as an outpost of Mission San Juan Capistrano. The village of Alume was located in Rancho Santa Margarita, between Trabuco Creek and Tijeras Creek. The area is the ancestral lands of the JuaneƱo Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation. ![]() The ruins of the Trabuco Adobe in 1967, first built in 1810, at the Acjachemen village of Alume. ![]()
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