Don’t keep your friends and family waiting at the gates this holiday season—use dwellingLIVE!

DwellingLIVE is the easiest, fastest way to welcome friends and family to the Village. The app’s user-friendly interface allows residents to send guests and vendors passes via email or text 24/7 using a smartphone, tablet or computer.

Simply visit lagunawoodsvillage.com/passes to register or log in. If you are a resident who has not received an email with login instructions or if you do not know what email address is on file with Resident Services, please contact the department at residentservices@vmsinc.org or 949-597-4600. 

Click here to view a dwellingLIVE tutorial or click here to watch a Village YouTube channel tutorial. Click here to watch Deborah Dotson demonstrate dwellingLIVE on her show, “Let’s Talk Tech.”

Download the dwellingLIVE app at the App Store or Google Play. 

Residents also may call Gate Clearance at 949-597-4301. 

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The Manor Alterations office located on the ground floor of the Community Center reopens Tuesday, January 2, with three enhancements to better serve your needs:

• Check out the new drop-down menu at the Residents Services check-in kiosk.
• Visit Window 7 in Resident Services for basic over-the-counter needs.
• Visit the new, spacious and ergonomic Manor Alterations office intake counter, which features an accessible service station and a tabletop for plan layout.

After the January 2 reopening, business hours will return to Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For resales inspection requests, email resalesinspection@vmsinc.org or call 949-597-4636.

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The GRF board of directors has approved materials and finishes, a contractor has been hired, and work on Clubhouse 1, the 41,000-square-foot community landmark that hosts a wide range of recreation and social activities, is scheduled to begin in early March.

The project includes interior updates to flooring, wall coverings, lighting and fixtures in various locations within most of the clubhouse buildings. The project also includes door and window replacement, as well as painting of all exterior stucco. 

To ensure resident safety, and to allow for completion of the work in the most timely and efficient manner, all Clubhouse 1 facilities will be closed to residents during an estimated six-month construction period. 

The Village Library and Laguna Woods History Center will remain open, with parking access in the lot behind the library building.  

Recreation and Special Events Department staff is taking all possible measures to relocate Clubhouse 1 events. Over the next several weeks, Recreation staff will make scheduling adjustments and will contact all impacted users. Staff requests your cooperation while waiting to be contacted. 

Your patience is appreciated, and the GRF board and staff are confident you will be pleased with the end results of this project. Stay tuned for updates along the way!

For more information, contact the Recreation and Special Events office at recreation@vmsinc.org or 949-597-4273. 

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To ensure Southern California Edison (SCE) customers have as much information as possible at their fingertips, the following is a list of contact information and links that may help provide greater direction on SCE programs, including bill payment assistance, rate plans, rebates and incentives, and more.

Contacting SCE

• sce.com
• sce.com/outagecenter
• Customer support: 800-655-4555
• Outage information: 800-611-1911

CUSTOMER PROGRAMS

• Critical care backup battery program
• Customer care: rebates and programs
• Self-generation incentive program

MAINTENANCE/REPAIR/ROTATING OUTAGES

• Maintenance outage process
• All about power outages
• Rotating outages and emergencies
• Find your rotating outage group number
• Rotating outage identification

General Resources

• Energy savings tips
• Rebates and incentives to conserve energy and save money
• Summer discount plan
• Electric vehicles
• Energy savings assistance program
• Help paying your bill

Emergency Preparedness

• Emergency preparedness
• Customer resources and support
• Prepare for power-down
• Ready for wildfire
• Preparing for a power outage

SCE Wildfire Mitigation Plan

• 2021 wildfire mitigation plan update
• Wildfire mitigation efforts
• Public safety power shutoff alerts
• PSPS updates

If you have a heightened need for power to support medical devices, SCE suggests following these three steps:

• Visit SCE’s Medical Baseline landing page to find out whether you qualify for a medical baseline allowance that may translate into savings.

• Contact SCE to advise of critical care/medical needs and to have your account designated as such. This will enable SCE to identify the potential need in the community and collaborate with local government during large-scale emergency events.
• Update your contact information so SCE can deliver critical information, particularly during emergency events.

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VMS continually monitors municipal and government information sources and communicates any potential danger to residents via our CodeRED emergency notification system. In the event of an emergency or the need to broadcast critical time-sensitive news, CodeRED transmits brief, urgent messages to Village residents as quickly as possible via phone, text or email.

If you are not already enrolled in CodeRED, visit lagunawoodsvillage.com, click the black and red CodeRED icon at the top left-hand corner and fill out the form, or enroll after logging in to the resident portal. All information you provide to the CodeRED system is confidential and will be used to contact you in the case of an emergency only.

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The Department of Maintenance and Construction seeks residents to fill part-time volunteer positions within the VMS Damage Restoration Division and the VMS Manor Alterations Division.

Damage Restoration seeks one part-time resident volunteer liaison to assist damage restoration staff and residents with coordinating appointments, monitoring work progress, facilitating the exchange of project information and responding to resident inquiries. Click here to view a detailed description of an application for the Damage Restoration resident volunteer position.

Manor Alterations seeks part-time resident volunteer concierges to maintain a presence at Window 7 in Resident Services, be the first point of contact for Manor Alterations after kiosk check-in, provide information and project status updates, and direct customers to Manor Alterations office or the appropriate department if necessary. Click here to view a detailed description of and application for the Manor Alterations resident volunteer positions. 

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