Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica beach

Santa Monica is a beach town in California. It is next to Los Angeles, California, US.

It was made a city in 1886. In 2020, there were 93,076 people living there.

It is famous for the Santa Monica Pier that has many fun rides.

Famous people from Santa Monica

• Sandy Nelson (d. 2022)

Santa Monica, California Media

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  Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica was granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California.

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  Arcadia Bandini de Baker, a prominent Californio heiress, is known as the "Godmother of Santa Monica" for her role in founding the city.

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  Ocean Park bathhouse, c. 1907

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  Aerial view of Santa Monica, c. 1941

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  View of Santa Monica Pier

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  Ocean Avenue at sunset in Santa Monica, California

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  View of the city's beaches from Santa Monica Bay

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  Annenberg Beach House

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  Palisades Park, founded in by Arcadia Bandini de Baker in 1892

Other websites

• Official website
• Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
• Santa Monica Little League
• Santa Monica Public Library
• Santa Monica travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Santa Monica, California at the Open Directory Project
• A Weekend in Santa Monica – slideshow by The New York Times
• City of Santa Monica at the Internet Archive