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San Joaquin Hills (Laguna Niguel, California)

Gated communities in CaliforniaLaguna Niguel, CaliforniaNeighborhoods in Orange County, CaliforniaSan Joaquin Hills

San Joaquin Hills is a guard-gated planned community in the city of Laguna Niguel, California in the San Joaquin Hills of Orange County, California. The community is set in the northernmost foothills of the city of Laguna Niguel, and construction began in 1997 after a 1994 approval from the city council to construct the development. It is composed of four community subdivisions, or enclaves of smaller subdivisional units. Each neighborhood within San Joaquin Hills has about 250 homes within its limits, and parks, as well as a community recreation and pool. There are a total of 910 homes in the development, and an estimated population of around 2,750 residents. It maintains its own Community Association, which maintains all the community centers and pools, as well as the landscaping. There are two entrances into the development from two separate gates. Its general boundaries begin at the Moulton Parkway and Aliso Creek Road intersection. There is an eponymous San Joaquin Hills neighbourhood in Newport Beach to the west of the hills.

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San Joaquin Hills (Laguna Niguel, California)
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