Golf Longer Live Longer or Die Younger

Golf Longer Live Longer or Die Younger

Play golf and add five years to your life. Play with children in Coto de Caza, and your life could end at a fleeting second!




May 31, 2008

It has been said that golf does not qualify as a sport. However, according to research coming in from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, golf could have greater health benefits than walking and even more strenuous forms of exercise, adding an average of five years to your life.

The study, led by Professor Anders Ahlbom, consisted of 500,000 golfers.



Street signage (right) maintenance, replacement and repairs are paid for by CZ residents.
Damage signage in an intersection identified as one of the most dangerous intersections in Coto de Caza - has been down for week.

Street signage (right) maintenance, replacement and repairs are paid for by CZ residents, including golf crossing signage, designed to protect Golf Club patrons - no down signage reported



"A round of golf means being outside for four or five hours, walking at a fast pace for six to seven kilometres, something which is good for the health," said Ahlbom, whose findings were published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports yesterday, concluding that other factors were at play, but, he said that it was "likely" that playing the game itself had a significant impact on health.

Empirical data coming in from Coto de Caza seems to confirm professor Anders Ahlbom findings. The local governing body has resisted calls from concerned residents to promote public safety in the community, firing the California Highway Patrol without a suitable replacement, for instance. Then letting road certification expire while refusing to take any responsibility. The board has refused to install additional “caution children at play” signs, citing vehicle code restrictions, and as signage found in one of the most dangerous intersections in Coto de Caza (Seacliff and Vista del Verde), has been down for weeks. Whereas caution signs designed to protect Golf Club patrons, and paid for by CZ residents, seem to be spotless.



Conclusion? Play golf and add five years to your life. Play with children in Coto de Caza, and your life could end at a fleeting second!



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The Rancho Santa Margarita Storm youth soccer club kicks off its 2008 TOPSoccer program with a free soccer camp and registration on Monday, July 28 from 9AM to Noon. The camp and registration will be at Trabuco Mesa Park at the intersection of Antonio Parkway and Avenida de Las Flores in Rancho Santa Margarita. The camp is being presented in conjunction with Cal South District 3.

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The Right LWV Leadership for Such as Time as This?

LETTERS

The Right LWV Leadership for Such as Time as This?



Can HOA directors be held personally liable on how they voted and supported certain resolutions?


May 26, 2008

Is this general manager (Milt Johns) over his head in his management skills? Can
someone come out with only experience from the garden to manage a 90 million
dollar business without a conflict of interest? When is the last time Mr. Johns lowered our costs and set set goals and objectives for this community
in the Management Contract?

To measure leadership more specifically, one may assess the extent of influence on the followers, that is, the amount of leading. Within an organizational context this means financially valuing productivity. Effective leaders generate higher productivity, lower costs, and more opportunities than ineffective leaders. Effective leaders create results,
attain goal, realize vision, and other objectives more quickly and at a higher level of quality than ineffective leaders.

Should we be looking for new management?
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Flash Report: Direct Elections in Coto de Caza Under Advisement!

Flash Report: Direct Elections in Coto de Caza Under Advisement!

When a government robs Peter to pay Paul, it can be sure to have the support of Paul


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CZ Forecasted Elections Results Materialize

For the last six years, the CotoBuzz Journal has correctly forecasted the results of the CZ Master Association board of directors elections – results of the 2008-2009 elections were no different. The CZ Master association still relies on an arcane form of delegate system, critics have called corrupt, as opposed to direct popular elections promoted in a California law passed in 2006. Since the law passed, the CZ board has used a number of excuses to not use direct popular elections, from not having enough time, to being too costly to prevent fraud, to apathy.

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The OCSD Culture Thing – It is not my Job!

The OCSD Culture Thing – It is not my Job!


May 21, 2008

The leading OC Sheriff candidates agree that the OC Sheriff’s Department needs an organizational culture makeover, the OC District Attorney finds the current OCSD’s culture lacking, the Orange County Board of Supervisors demand changes to the OC Sheriff’s Department’s organizational culture, and the President of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s Wayne Quint agree that a culture change is required.

So what exactly is organizational culture? Organizational culture can be viewed as the basic pattern of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs governing the way employees within an organization think about and act on problems and opportunities. Organizational culture is a deeply embedded form of social control, is the social glue that bonds people together and makes them feel part of the organizational experience and helps employees make sense of the workplace. Observable symbols and signs of an organization's culture include organizational stories and legends, rituals and ceremonies, language, physical structures and symbols. For example, in secret grand jury testimony, an Orange County sheriff's detective described a frat- house culture (see OC Register article) in the department, yet most OCSD employees remained silent.

So what is the Orange County DA doing about it – apparently there is little the DA can legally do.

A review of the process being used by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to hire a new Sheriff indicates the process is severely flawed and may explain why two current OC Sheriff insiders involved in mud-wrestling made the final cut. ” The Board has seen all applications/resumes submitted for the position and chose to endorse the list of nine recommended candidates. The decision for appointing a Sheriff is entirely up to the Board to make”, reads a statement we received from the County’s Executive Office, as we noted the flaws in the process. In other words, do not expect the OCSD’s culture to change as a result of the supervisors’ actions.

In a KOCE interview Monday, May 19, 2008 titled “Deputies Under Fire”, Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs president Sgt. Wayne Quint is asked: “Scandals in the jail, Grand Jury criticism, the supervisors, the media, controversies over pay & benefits. Sheriff Deputies are under fire. What do they have to say? Quint agrees that a culture change in the department is needed, “but it starts at the top”, he says in the interview. Quint denies there is a code of silence in the department, but does not explain what no one stood up to demand a culture change. During the interview he states a belief in personal accountability, but assumes no responsibility for the current state of affairs.

The message heard loud an clear from the Orange County Board of Supervisors to the District Attorney to the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs is that the OCSD is in dire need of a makeover – is it not their job to do it.



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May 13, 2008

A cursory review of the criteria used to winnow down the Orange County Sheriff candidate’s list to seven, (the seven are then to be interviewed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors) indicates that Governor Mit Romney, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, General Colin Powell or captains of industry like Michael Dell, Bill Gates or Steve Jobs would not make the first cut.

It also indicates that whoever is in charge of the process has no idea as to how to conduct an executive search.

Given that the CZ Master association board of directors took over the job search from the property manager because the company did not know how to hire the right candidates, perhaps the board can assist the Orange County Board of Supervisors, gratis. An the fact that the CZ board likes to dole out subsidies left and right (politically speaking and otherwise), it makes perfect sense.

Below is a letter we sent to the Orange County Board of Supervisors on the subject:

To the Orange County Board of Supervisors:

From my email exchange with Brooke De Baca, it is clear that the hiring process used to select the candidates to be interviewed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors is severely flawed. Clearly the individual(s) responsible for overseeing the process severely lack executive search experience, and should be terminated immediately

I humbly suggest that the interviewing process stops until there is some sort of due diligence conducted, and the board of supervisors convinces itself that the process is, or is not acceptable.

email message sent to Ms De Bacca:

Once again, thank you for your promptness.

Forgive my denseness - your response helps to explain why two OCSD insiders (Lt Hunt and Sheriff Anderson) made the short list - these two candidates assure continuity, continued bickering, politicking and mudslinging - prevalent OCSD characteristics we have seen for decades - otherwise known in the vernacular as the definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. On the other hand, I am more confused than before:

Reading the original criteria we can extrapolate that the ideal candidate is a person who has extensive knowledge and practical experience in an ultra narrow field - a manager who would follow orders, make nice with the union and maintain the status quo, as compared to a visionary leader tailored to a specific organization. Given the general lack of trust, it would seem that what is very much needed is a leader with broad experiences who would facilitate an extreme corporate culture make over and bring back integrity to the department, so desperately needed.

Your most recent response is paradoxical - in essence it says: now that we have cut most of the applicants, and have a short list, we are sure to find a union-friendly manager with tunnel vision, then we are going to see how we can tailor the organization to best fit his or her qualifications. In other words, captains of industry such as Michael Dell, Bill Gates, or even Lieutenant governor Jerry Brown, of even President George W. Bush, would not have made the short list.

Of course, it is extremely important to identify the retired law enforcement and anyone else involved in the review process to assure transparency and confirm the union is or is not represented, for instance. For all we know, Sheriff Michael Caron is the retired Sheriff, right? Can you please identify the parties involved?

Since the technology complexity and leadership issues were considered after the first cut, can you please tell us what metrics were used? That is, how were these two elements characterized, how were they measured, and what weight did they carry.



Thanks and regards




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The Devil Made me Do It - Blame it on the Loopholes

The Devil Made me Do It - Blame it on the Loopholes


May 10, 2008

During Thursday’s CZ Master Association’s Candidate’s Night designed for Coto de Caza residents to meet the candidates running for two seats on the CZ Master board, the first question mischaracterized our position, asking an either or question: “Buzz says the CZ board is handling elections illegally, the board says it is legal – which is it”?. Our response made it clear that the California Law passed in 2006, which we lobbied for, was designed to bring direct democracy to common interest developments, and we want the CZ association to meet the letter and the spirit of the law. Apparently the person asking the question was not well versed in common interest development issues, or was simply trying to mislead the audience or the candidates.

In responding to the question, Dr. Channing, echoing Obaman positions previously expressed during the Varo/Mezger administration stated he supported the current delegate system, critics call corrupt, because there is only a small group of volunteers who get involved in managing the affairs of the association anyway.

A degringolade then happened as Madame president stretched the law of attribution to its limits stating that the reason the CZ Master association does not have direct popular elections is due to loopholes in the aforementioned California law, echoing former Enron chairman and chief executive Kenneth Lay’s defense – it is in the loopholes stupid!

And folks, the notion of requiring a Quorum and Meetings in keeping with our current Delegate system to hold Board elections is all a bunch of baloney. I own three properties involving HOA’s and we just vote by mail. There is no meeting or quorum requirement designed to disenfranchise Members who are paying all the bills. This is just another road block to direct popular elections that is nonsense. Joseph Morabito, former member CZ Master Associaiton

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Coto de Caza's Candidate’s Night Meeting Minutes

Coto de Caza's Candidate’s Night Meeting Minutes


May 8, 2008

Tonight, the CZ board of directors opened a meeting scheduled to introduce the five candidates for the 2008-2009 CZ board of directors. Although the meeting was riddled with vacuous alternatives, two issues dominated the discussion: Direct elections and public safety.

The candidates present included J. L. “Buzz” Aguirre, Michael Aminian, Michael Channing and Xochitl Yocham.

It is safe to assume that all of the candidates present agreed that public safety is important. Given the restricted format, including time restrictions, it was difficult to discern relative importance to other issues, as well as details of any proposals, other than Channing’s proposal anent the North Gate, and increased UPS patrols.

Channing was the only candidate present who prefers the current district delegate system, critics characterize as corrupt, as opposed to direct popular elections.

Seemingly unrelated questions came up, including how a new board might handle future political assassinations, and how to improve shareholder value. It is our assertion that analogous to the Wealth of Nations, the Wealth of an Association such as the CZ, is a function of local governance and public safety. When a small group of individuals control the governing body, it is safe to assume that political assassinations will not be the exception, leading to continued distrust of local governing body and decrease in shareholder value.


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The CotoBuzz Journal, May 2008 - Coto de Caza BOD Elections Preview - Patterns

Obama's Drama - a Pattern Coto de Caza BOD's Pattern

Coto de Caza Elections Preview
An event we often refer to as an element of the CZ Elections Anti-climax, has been scheduled for May 8, 2008 at 6:00 at the Golf and Racquet Club. The reasoning behind the anti-climax label, is that the delegates who will eventually select the 2008-2009...

The Bastardized RSM Emergency Response System
During the recent fires, we were the first ones to applaud the City of Rancho Santa Margarita for the effective deployment of an emergency notification system. The system effectively and proactively notified residents in the Rancho Santa Margarita...

Who Are These LWV Guys?
You have to hand it to these relentless Laguna Woods Village residentsUnder the umbrella of the Resident?s Voice, a regular informational meeting has been scheduled for this Thursday so the attendance can be treated to a Power Point Presentation on...


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OCSD Public Safety Statistics: Follow Up to Letter to Pat Bates
Earlier this week we took our concerns to Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates anent availability of community-specific crime and vandalism data from the Orange County Sheriff?s Department. Concerned that we may be way off base, we sent a copy of the...

Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch
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RSM Soccer Club Raising Up a Storm- RSM Storm
Rancho Santa Margartia (RSM) Storm Soccer Club, a community based, competitive soccer club within the Saddleback Valley, has announced a strategic partnership with Everton Football Club.















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The New and Improved OCSD ? Letter to Orange County Supervisor Pate Bates
To: OC Board of Supervisors, Ms Pat BatesAs you may know, the CotoBuzz Journal is committed to public safety.To that end, for the last five years we have worked with the CHP, the OCSD the FBI and the Department of Justice developing what we refer to as...

Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch
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Orange County DA seeks help in OCSD Sheriff child porn case
The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking additional victims who may have been sexually assaulted by Gerald Stenger, 41, Aliso Viejo. On April 2, 2008, Stenger was on duty as an Orange County Sheriff's (OCSD) deputy. He was found dead...

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James Matthew Osborn, loan officer residing in Trabuco Canyon was sentenced to 10 years in state prison and ordered to pay $552,798 in restitution.

The FBI After OC Rats?
A hearing took place March 21 2008 to acsertain if transcripts compiled by a grand jury during an investigation of the jailhouse beating death of John Chamberlain, should remain under seal. The hearing, scheduled on a motion submitted by the Orange County...

The Three OC Blind Mice
OCDA's Rackauckas says that 9-month grand jury probe of jail beating death did not find evidence of criminal wrongdoing by sheriff's personnel, although sheriff's personnel does only bare minimum to keep their jobs.

OC Board of Supervisors Full Of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing!
The Orange County Board of supervisors came into the current term with a fiery agenda rivaled only by Senator?s Obama?s spiritual advisor?s Wright ?s rhetoric - ?Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, the creeps in this petty county come to roost from...

Public Safety Owners and Orphans
Invariably when we publish public safety statistics, proponents of the status quo ridicule our analysis and detractors use the law of attributions to invoke the proverbial ?it?s not mine/their job?.

A Chat with OC Sheriff Candidates - Coto de Caza's Own Ralph Martin
We have offered the seven identified OC Sheriff candidates; Jack Anderson, Bill Hunt, Craig Hunter, Kevin Keyes, Ralph Martin, Ken Maddox and Paul Walters, the CotoBuzz Journal as a platform to communicate with their respective potential supports. We...

OC Sheriff personnel not criminally liable in death of Chamberlain- OCDA
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Winter Cleaning at the OCSD Continues
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A Chat with OC Sheriff Department Candidate: Craig Hunter
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A Chat with OC Sheriff Candidates: Kevin Keyes
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The New and Improved OCSD ? Letter to Orange County Supervisor Pate Bates
To: OC Board of Supervisors, Ms Pat BatesAs you may know, the CotoBuzz Journal is committed to public safety.To that end, for the last five years we have worked with the CHP, the OCSD the FBI and the Department of Justice developing what we refer to as...

Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch
A review of the OSCD crime and vandalism figures for Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch show that the steep rate of decrease in the crime and vandalism in Ladera Ranch, which started in the second quarter of 2006 ended in the first quarter of 2008 with a sharp...

OCSD Public Safety Statistics: Follow Up to Letter to Pat Bates
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Two Los Angeles Buildings for Sale for Only $1.00
The City of Los Angeles has decided to hold a fire sale, rather than demolish two historical buildings. The buyer only pays $1.00 for the two buildings, then agrees to move them within a certain period of time.

The Oddsmaker in the Silent Election ? for OC Sheriff
In a Jimmy the Greek impersonation, the local media calls Kevin Keyes and Bob Alcaraz ?long shots? in what Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters calls the ?Invisible Election?, whereby the Orange County Board of Supervisors will select a replacement for...

The Flowing Spirits in Coto de Caza
According to local media accounts ?Living the OC lifestyle just got easier in Coto de Caza, with the recent opening of the Spa & Sports Club. More than 1,000 invited members and guests attended an opening night event on April 4, which featured tours,...

Driving while xenophobic
Senator Barack Obama, under fire for his twenty-year association with controversial reverend Jeremiah has distanced himself from the reverend?s inflammatory remarks, but not the man. In a campaign appearance in February, Sen. Obama said, "I don't think my...

Wimpy, a new US Commander in Chief
You know that the political heat is getting too hot when political supporters complain about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate last night. You mean the Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos? ?...

Home Schooling Criminals: California Courts
While the California budget tanks, the Teacher?s Union lobbies for and gets billions in funding for novel social and recreational programs. Meanwhile, basic services are threatened.

Direct Popular Elections Finally Come to Coto de Caza
After year of fighting to maintain an electoral system shrouded in secrecy, lack of transparency and accountability, and contrary to efforts by the California Legislature to bring in some semblance of democracy to private communities, the CZ Master...

A Chat with OC Sheriff Candidates - Coto de Caza's Own Ralph Martin
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Vote rig claim after Putin ally landslide ? Coto Elections any Different?
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OC Sheriff personnel not criminally liable in death of Chamberlain- OCDA
OCDA Tony Rackauckas announced today the conclusion of the criminal portion of a grand jury investigation into the beating murder of inmate, John Chamberlain and the indictment against three former inmates. Nine former inmates, in total now, face murder...











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Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch
A review of the OSCD crime and vandalism figures for Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch show that the steep rate of decrease in the crime and vandalism in Ladera Ranch, which started in the second quarter of 2006 ended in the first quarter of 2008 with a sharp...

OCSD Public Safety Statistics: Follow Up to Letter to Pat Bates
Earlier this week we took our concerns to Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates anent availability of community-specific crime and vandalism data from the Orange County Sheriff?s Department. Concerned that we may be way off base, we sent a copy of the..

Two Los Angeles Buildings for Sale for Only $1.00
The City of Los Angeles has decided to hold a fire sale, rather than demolish two historical buildings. The buyer only pays $1.00 for the two buildings, then agrees to move them within a certain period of time.

The Oddsmaker in the Silent Election ? for OC Sheriff
In a Jimmy the Greek impersonation, the local media calls Kevin Keyes and Bob Alcaraz ?long shots? in what Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters calls the ?Invisible Election?, whereby the Orange County Board of Supervisors will select a replacement for...

The Flowing Spirits in Coto de Caza
According to local media accounts ?Living the OC lifestyle just got easier in Coto de Caza, with the recent opening of the Spa & Sports Club. More than 1,000 invited members and guests attended an opening night event on April 4, which featured tours,...

Driving while xenophobic
Senator Barack Obama, under fire for his twenty-year association with controversial reverend Jeremiah has distanced himself from the reverend?s inflammatory remarks, but not the man. In a campaign appearance in February, Sen. Obama said, "I don't think my...

Wimpy, a new US Commander in Chief
You know that the political heat is getting too hot when political supporters complain about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate last night. You mean the Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos? ?...

Weapons of Mass Distortion Pointed at The New York Times
In a classic case of what goes around comes around, the New York Times' employees are bracing for what the New York Post characterizes as bloodbath. According to the Post ?the word from inside is that approximately 50 unionized journalists have accepted...















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Weapons of Mass Distortion Pointed at The New York Times
In a classic case of what goes around comes around, the New York Times' employees are bracing for what the New York Post characterizes as bloodbath. According to the Post ?the word from inside is that approximately 50 unionized journalists have accepted...

ChaunceyBuzz and the CZ Subsidies
Chauncey Bailey, editor of the Oakland Post was gunned down as he walked to work in August of last year. Law enforcement agents believe he was murdered because of his investigation into a business called Your Black Muslim Bakery.





























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Two Los Angeles Buildings for Sale for Only $1.00
The City of Los Angeles has decided to hold a fire sale, rather than demolish two historical buildings. The buyer only pays $1.00 for the two buildings, then agrees to move them within a certain period of time.

The Flowing Spirits in Coto de Caza
According to local media accounts ?Living the OC lifestyle just got easier in Coto de Caza, with the recent opening of the Spa & Sports Club. More than 1,000 invited members and guests attended an opening night event on April 4, which featured tours,...

Assembly bill 1921 could shatter the American Dream
California is presently cash and income strapped to the tune of at least $14.5 billion dollars with proposed cuts to be made in every State Department. Keeping that in mind, nothing is laudable or applaudable about Assemblyperson Saldana?s Assembly Bill...

Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch.

Crime and Vandalism Trending, 1Q2008 - Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch.

May 2, 2008

A review of the OSCD crime and vandalism figures for Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch show that the steep rate of decrease in the crime and vandalism in Ladera Ranch, which started in the second quarter of 2006 ended in the first quarter of 2008 with a sharp increase compare to the fourth quarter in 2007.
While Coto de Caza also shows a significant increased in the crime and vandalism rate in 1Q2008 as compared to the last quarter in 2007, there is no apparent trend. The only apparent trend is that the crime and vandalism rate decreases for two quarters, only to swing to an all time high, followed by two quarters. One possible interpretation is that public safety within Coto de Caza is not managed at all.


Coto de Caza 1Q2008 Crime and Vandalism - source: OCSD

What remains constant is that the crime rate per capita in Ladera Ranch is much lower that the corresponding one for Coto de Caza
A comparison in the age breakdown of suspects in Coto de Caza between the period from 2006-2007 and 1Q2008 shows that whereas the age group older than 40 years was responsible for most of the crimes in the period from 2006-2007, there was a significant shift in 1Q2008, where most crimes apparently were committed by the younger age group, which is now more aligned with the age group breakdown in Ladera Ranch.
Age Breakdown for Suspects 2006-2007 1Q2008
17 years and under 0 0%
18-20 years 22% 31%
21-24 years 11% 15%
25-29 years 11% 15%
30-34 years 0% 4%
35-39 years 0% 4%
40-44 years 11% 0%
45-49 years 44% 19%
50 years or older 0% 12%
Coto de Caza Age Breakdown - source: OCSD


A troubling figure is that four forcible rapes were reported in Coto de Caza during the first quarter in 2008, and fraud and larceny being the highest crime category. No forcible rapes were reported for Ladera Ranch, while larceny was the most popular crime in that community.





Ladera Ranch Age Breakdown - source: OCSD

Age Breakdown for Suspects 2007 1Q2008
17 years and under 5% 21%
18-20 years 17% 18%
21-24 years 26% 23%
25-29 years 15% 3%
30-34 years 14% 7%
35-39 years 7% 5%
40-44 years 5% 3%
45-49 years 7% 5%
50 years or older 3% 3%





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