Aliso Viejo highlight
Master-planned South Orange County community
Aliso Viejo was developed as an integrated planned community where homes, jobs, parks and schools were designed together to create a balanced neighborhood.
Aliso Viejo originated from the 26,000-acre Moulton Ranch in South Orange County. In 1976, the Mission Viejo Company acquired 6,600 acres with the vision of creating a planned community that would eventually house approximately 20,000 homes. The master plan received Orange County approval in 1979, and by 1982 the first homes were ready for sale. Aliso Viejo officially incorporated as a city on July 1, 2001, becoming Orange County's 34th municipality.
What made Aliso Viejo distinctive was its integration of residential neighborhoods with a commercial district designed to keep residents close to employment. The 900-acre Pacific Park business district was planned to provide more than 22,000 jobs within the community itself, so that families could live and work in the same area. The development also pioneered something rare at the time: the first community-wide homeowners association in California, created to manage shared parks and open spaces.
A neighborhood built around the idea of keeping families together in one place shapes how people think about their future. When your workplace, your children's school, and your home are all part of the same planned landscape, you make a commitment to the area. That commitment is what life insurance protects: ensuring the people who depend on your presence and income in that community are secure even if you are not there.