Santa Monica, California
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GNIS feature IDs | 1652792, 2411825[10] |
Website | santamonica |
Santa Monica (Spanish for 'Saint Monica'; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry.[11] It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate, Illumination and The Recording Academy.
Santa Monica traces its history to
History
Indigenous
The Tongva are Indigenous to the Santa Monica area. The village of Comicranga was established in the Santa Monica area.[12] One of the village's notable residents was Victoria Reid, who was the daughter of the chief of the village.[13] During the Spanish period, she was taken to Mission San Gabriel from her parents at the age of six.[12]
Spanish era
The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolá, which camped near the present-day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769.
There are two different accounts of how the city's name came to be. One says it was named in honor of the
Mexican era
In 1839, Governor
Post-conquest era
After the American conquest of California, Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave Mexicans and Californios living in state certain unalienable rights. U.S. government sovereignty in California began on February 2, 1848.
In the 1870s, the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad connected Santa Monica with Los Angeles, and a wharf out into the bay. The first town hall was an 1873 brick building, later a beer hall, and now part of the Santa Monica Hostel.[citation needed] By 1885, the town's first hotel was the Santa Monica Hotel.[17]
Amusement piers became popular in the first decades of the 20th century and the extensive
Around the start of the 20th century, a growing population of
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. built a plant in 1922 at Clover Field (Santa Monica Airport) for the Douglas Aircraft Company.[20] In 1924, four Douglas-built planes took off from Clover Field to attempt the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Two planes returned after covering 27,553 miles (44,342 km) in 175 days, and were greeted on their return September 23, 1924, by a crowd of 200,000. The Douglas Company (later McDonnell Douglas) kept facilities in the city until the 1970s.[21]
The
Modern era
Douglas's business grew with the onset of
The completion of the
Beach volleyball is believed to have been developed by Duke Kahanamoku in Santa Monica during the 1920s.[26]
Santa Monica has two hospitals:
Santa Monica has several local newspapers including Santa Monica Daily Press, Santa Monica Mirror, and Santa Monica Star.
Geography
Santa Monica rests on a mostly flat slope that angles down toward Ocean Avenue and toward the south. High bluffs separate the north side of the city from the beaches. Santa Monica borders the L.A. neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades to the north and Venice to the south. To the west, Santa Monica has a 3-mile coastline fronting Santa Monica Bay, and to the east of the city are the L.A. communities of West Los Angeles and Brentwood.
Climate
Santa Monica has a
It is also in September that the highest temperatures tend to be reached. It is winter, however, when the hot, dry winds of the
The rainy season is from late October through late March. Winter storms usually approach from the northwest and pass quickly through the Southland. There is very little rain during the rest of the year. Yearly rainfall totals are unpredictable as rainy years are occasionally followed by droughts. There has never been any snow or frost, but there has been hail.
Santa Monica usually enjoys cool breezes blowing in from the ocean, which tend to keep the air fresh and clean. Therefore, smog is less of a problem for Santa Monica than elsewhere around Los Angeles. However, from September through November, the Santa Ana winds sometimes blow from the east, bringing smoggy and hot inland air to the beaches.
The hottest temperature ever reported in Santa Monica was 100 °F (38 °C) on November 1, 1966, while the lowest is 33 °F (1 °C) on March 1, 1945, and again on March 21, 1952. The highest minimum temperature is 72 °F (22 °C) on October 24, 2007, and the lowest maximum temperature is 51 °F (11 °C) on 4 dates in February 2001 and again March 10, 2006. The snowiest months on record are January 1954 and March 1955, both with trace amounts. They are the only months to ever report snowfall. Many months have reported no rainfall at all. Conversely, the wettest month on record is January 1995 with a total of 17.82 inches (453 mm) of rainfall. The wettest year on record is 1998, with a total of 25.4 inches (650 mm) of rainfall; the driest is 1989, with a total of 4.04 inches (103 mm) of rainfall.[31]
Climate data for Santa Monica, California (Santa Monica Pier), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1937–2013 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 85 (29) |
89 (32) |
90 (32) |
91 (33) |
93 (34) |
92 (33) |
91 (33) |
95 (35) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
100 (38) |
89 (32) |
100 (38) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 77.0 (25.0) |
76.8 (24.9) |
73.3 (22.9) |
77.1 (25.1) |
72.0 (22.2) |
73.2 (22.9) |
76.2 (24.6) |
76.8 (24.9) |
79.8 (26.6) |
83.9 (28.8) |
79.9 (26.6) |
75.4 (24.1) |
88.2 (31.2) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 62.0 (16.7) |
62.2 (16.8) |
61.8 (16.6) |
63.4 (17.4) |
63.4 (17.4) |
66.3 (19.1) |
69.4 (20.8) |
69.7 (20.9) |
70.0 (21.1) |
67.5 (19.7) |
66.9 (19.4) |
63.4 (17.4) |
65.5 (18.6) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 55.8 (13.2) |
56.0 (13.3) |
56.8 (13.8) |
58.3 (14.6) |
59.6 (15.3) |
62.7 (17.1) |
65.4 (18.6) |
66.0 (18.9) |
65.5 (18.6) |
63.0 (17.2) |
60.3 (15.7) |
56.5 (13.6) |
60.5 (15.8) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 49.6 (9.8) |
49.7 (9.8) |
51.8 (11.0) |
53.2 (11.8) |
55.8 (13.2) |
59.2 (15.1) |
61.5 (16.4) |
62.3 (16.8) |
60.9 (16.1) |
58.5 (14.7) |
53.6 (12.0) |
49.5 (9.7) |
55.5 (13.0) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 43.6 (6.4) |
44.8 (7.1) |
46.0 (7.8) |
48.2 (9.0) |
51.9 (11.1) |
55.8 (13.2) |
58.9 (14.9) |
59.3 (15.2) |
57.9 (14.4) |
53.9 (12.2) |
47.7 (8.7) |
44.0 (6.7) |
41.6 (5.3) |
Record low °F (°C) | 34 (1) |
35 (2) |
33 (1) |
39 (4) |
43 (6) |
45 (7) |
49 (9) |
51 (11) |
44 (7) |
42 (6) |
37 (3) |
34 (1) |
33 (1) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.08 (78) |
3.10 (79) |
1.74 (44) |
0.57 (14) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.05 (1.3) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.01 (0.25) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.49 (12) |
0.81 (21) |
2.03 (52) |
12.17 (308.87) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.8 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 33.6 |
Source 1: NOAA[32] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010)[31] |
Environment
The city first proposed its Sustainable City Plan in 1992 and in 1994, was one of the first cities in the nation to formally adopt a comprehensive sustainability plan, setting waste reduction and water conservation policies for both public and private sector through its Office of Sustainability and the Environment.[33] Eighty-two percent of the city's public works vehicles run on alternative fuels, including most of the municipal bus system, making it among the largest such fleets in the country. Santa Monica fleet vehicles and buses source their natural gas from Redeem, a Southern California-based supplier of renewable and sustainable natural gas obtained from non-fracked methane biogas generated from organic landfill waste.[34]
Santa Monica adopted a Community Energy Independence Initiative, with a goal of achieving complete energy independence by 2020 (vs.
An urban runoff facility (SMURFF), the first of its kind in the US, catches and treats 3.5 million US gallons (13,000 m3) of water each week that would otherwise flow into the bay via storm-drains and sells it back to end-users within the city for reuse as gray-water,[40] while bioswales throughout the city allow rainwater to percolate into and replenish the groundwater. The groundwater supply plays an important role in the city's Sustainable Water Master Plan, whereby Santa Monica has set a goal of attaining 100% water independence by 2020.[41] The city has numerous programs designed to promote water conservation among residents, including a rebate for those who convert lawns to drought-tolerant gardens that require less water.[40]
Santa Monica has also instituted a green building-code whereby merely constructing to code automatically renders a building equivalent to the US Green Building Council's
Since 2009, Santa Monica has been developing the
Environmentally focused initiatives include curbside recycling, curbside composting bins (in addition to trash, yard-waste, and recycle bins), farmers' markets, community gardens, garden-share, an urban forest initiative, a hazardous materials home-collection service, and a green business certification.[44][45]
As in other coastal beach communities, coastal erosion due to coastal infrastructure and high human usage is an increasing challenge, and will become worse due to sea level rise.[46][47] Starting in 2016, local environmental groups began dune and beach restoration projects.[47][48][49]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 417 | — | |
1890 | 1,580 | 278.9% | |
1900 | 3,057 | 93.5% | |
1910 | 7,847 | 156.7% | |
1920 | 15,252 | 94.4% | |
1930 | 37,146 | 143.5% | |
1940 | 53,500 | 44.0% | |
1950 | 71,595 | 33.8% | |
1960 | 83,249 | 16.3% | |
1970 | 88,289 | 6.1% | |
1980 | 88,314 | 0.0% | |
1990 | 86,905 | −1.6% | |
2000 | 84,084 | −3.2% | |
2010 | 89,736 | 6.7% | |
2020 | 93,076 | 3.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[50] |
2020
The
Including all responses for people of two or more races, 73,996 (79.5%) were white alone or in combination with one or more other races, 11,864 (12.7%) were Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races, 5,459 (5.9%) were Black or African American alone or in combination, 1,877 (2.0%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination, 415 (0.4%) were Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone or in combination, and 11,619 (12.5%) were some other race alone or in combination with one or more other races.[51]
13,544 (14.6%) were
The census reported that Santa Monica had 52,389 housing units. Of those, 47,438 (90.5%) were occupied. 12,856 (27.1%) of the occupied units were owner-occupied and 34,582 (72.9%) were renter-occupied. Of the vacant units, 2,540 (4.8% of total) were for rent, 230 (0.4%) were rented but not occupied, 183 (0.3%) were for sale only, 205 (0.4%) were sold but not occupied, 693 (1.3%) were for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use, and 1,100 (2.1%) were otherwise vacant. [51]
The median household income between 2017 and 2021 was $99,847 (2021 dollars), with 10.6% of people living in poverty. 94.8% of households had a computer between 2017 and 2021, and 91.0% had broadband internet access.[52]
2010
The
The Census reported 87,610 people (97.6% of the population) lived in households, 1,299 (1.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 827 (0.9%) were institutionalized.
There were 46,917 households, out of which 7,835 (16.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,092 (27.9%) were
The population was spread out, with 12,580 people (14.0%) under the age of 18, 6,442 people (7.2%) aged 18 to 24, 32,552 people (36.3%) aged 25 to 44, 24,746 people (27.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 13,416 people (15.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.
There were 50,912 housing units at an average density of 6,049.5 per square mile (2,335.7/km2), of which 13,315 (28.4%) were owner-occupied, and 33,602 (71.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%. 30,067 people (33.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 57,543 people (64.1%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Santa Monica had a median household income of $73,649, with 11.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[54]
2000
As of the census
The city of Santa Monica is consistently among the most educated cities in the United States, with 23.8 percent of all residents holding graduate degrees.[56]
The population was diverse in age, with 14.6% under 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 40.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
According to a 2009 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $71,095, and the median income for a family was $109,410.[57] Males had a median income of $55,689 versus $42,948 for females. The per capita income for the city was $42,874. 10.4% of the population and 5.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.9% of those under the age of 18 and 10.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Crime
In 2006, crime in Santa Monica affected 4.41% of the population, slightly lower than the national average crime rate that year of 4.48%.[58] The majority of this was property crime, which affected 3.74% of Santa Monica's population in 2006; this was higher than the rates for Los Angeles County (2.76%) and California (3.17%),[59] but lower than the national average (3.91%). These per-capita crime rates are computed based on Santa Monica's full-time population of about 85,000. However, the Santa Monica Police Department has suggested the actual per-capita crime rate is much lower, as tourists, workers, and beachgoers can increase the city's daytime population to between 250,000 and 450,000 people.[60]
Hate crime has typically been minimal in Santa Monica, with only one reported incident in 2007. The city experienced a spike of anti-Islamic hate crime in 2001 after the September 11 attacks, but hate crime levels returned to their minimal 2000 levels by 2002.[61]
- Gang activity
The Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica (south of the Santa Monica Freeway) experiences some gang activity. The city estimates there are about 50 gang members based in Santa Monica, although some community organizers dispute this claim.[62] Gang activity has been prevalent for decades in the Pico neighborhood.
In October 1998, alleged Culver City 13 gang member Omar Sevilla of Culver City was killed.[63] A couple of hours after the shooting of Sevilla, German tourist Horst Fietze was killed.[64] Several days later Juan Martin Campos, a Santa Monica city employee, was shot and killed. Police believe this was a retaliatory killing in response to Sevilla's killing.[65] Less than 24 hours later, Javier Cruz was wounded in a drive-by shooting outside his home on 17th and Michigan.[66][67]
In 1998, there was a double homicide in the Westside Clothing store on Lincoln Boulevard. During the incident, Culver City gang members David "Puppet" Robles and Jesse "Psycho" Garcia entered the store masked and began opening fire, killing Anthony and Michael Juarez.[68] Police say the incident was in retaliation for a shooting committed by the Santa Monica 13 gang days before the Juarez brothers were shot down.[69]
Homeless population
In 2022, there were 826 homeless individuals in Santa Monica.[70]
Economy
Santa Monica is home to the headquarters of many notable businesses, such as
A number of
- Activision Blizzard (which includes Activision)[76]
- Cloud Imperium Games (Creators of Star Citizen)[77]
- PUBG)[79]
- Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends, is just outside the eastern city limit.
- God of Warfranchise)
- Treyarch
Recently, Santa Monica has emerged as the center of the Los Angeles region called Silicon Beach, and serves as the home of hundreds of venture capital funded startup companies.[80]
Former Santa Monica businesses include
Top employers
According to the city's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,[85] the top employers in the city were:
# | Employer | # of Employees |
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1 | City of Santa Monica | 2,059 |
2 | Santa Monica – UCLA Medical Center
|
1,965 |
3 | Santa Monica College | 1,865 |
4 | Snap Inc. | 1,667 |
5 | Universal Music Group | 1,400 |
6 | Saint John's Health Center | 1,368 |
7 | Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
|
1,358 |
8 | Hulu | 1,320 |
9 | Oracle Corporation | 950 |
10 | Activision | 919 |
Arts and culture
The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome (carousel) is a National Historic Landmark. It sits on the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909. The La Monica Ballroom on the pier was once the largest ballroom in the US and the source for many New Year's Eve national network broadcasts.
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was an important music venue for several decades and hosted the Academy Awards in the 1960s. McCabe's Guitar Shop is a leading acoustic performance space as well as retail outlet. The Santa Monica Playhouse is a popular theater in the city.
The
Santa Monica hosts the annual
The city's oldest movie theater is the Majestic. Opened in 1912 and also known as the Mayfair Theatre, it has been closed since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Aero Theater (now operated by the American Cinematheque) and Criterion Theater were built in the 1930s and still show movies.
Notable restaurants have included
.Shopping districts
Santa Monica has three main shopping districts: Montana Avenue on the north side, the Downtown District in the city's core, and Main Street on the south end. Each has its own unique feel and personality. Montana Avenue is a stretch of luxury boutique stores, restaurants, and small offices that generally features more upscale shopping. The Main Street district offers an eclectic mix of clothing, restaurants, and other specialty retail.
The Downtown District is the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoor pedestrian-only shopping district that stretches for three blocks between Wilshire Blvd. and Broadway. Third Street is closed to vehicles for those three blocks to allow people to stroll, congregate, shop and enjoy street performers.
The Santa Monica Place, featuring Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom in a three-level outdoor environment, is at the Promenade's southern end. After a period of redevelopment, the mall reopened in the fall of 2010 as a modern shopping, entertainment and dining complex with more outdoor space.[88]
Public library system
The Santa Monica Public Library consists of a Main Library in the downtown area, plus four neighborhood branches: Fairview, Montana Avenue, Ocean Park, and Pico Boulevard.
Sports
The men's and women's marathon ran through parts of Santa Monica during the 1984 Summer Olympics.[89] The Santa Monica Track Club has many prominent track athletes, including many Olympic gold medalists. Santa Monica is the home to Southern California Aquatics,[90] which was founded by Olympic swimmer Clay Evans and Bonnie Adair. Santa Monica is also home to the Santa Monica Rugby Club, a semi-professional team that competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership, the highest-level rugby union club competition in the United States.
During the 2028 Summer Olympics, Santa Monica will host beach volleyball and surfing.[91]
Parks and recreation
Palisades Park stretches out along the crumbling bluffs overlooking the Pacific and is a favorite walking area to view the ocean. It includes public art, a totem pole, camera obscura, benches, picnic areas, pétanque courts, and restrooms.
Tongva Park occupies 6 acres between Ocean Avenue and Main Street, just south of Colorado Avenue. The park includes an overlook, amphitheater, playground, garden, fountains, picnic areas, and restrooms.
The Santa Monica Stairs, a long, steep staircase consisting of 152 wooden steps and 18 concrete steps in a straight path, that leads from north of San Vicente down into Santa Monica Canyon, is a popular spot for outdoor workouts. Some area residents have complained that the stairs have become too popular, and attract too many exercisers to the wealthy neighborhood of multimillion-dollar properties.[92]
Ishihara Park opened to the public in 2017 and acts as a buffer between the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the surrounding residential community.[93]
Government
Local government
Santa Monica is governed by the Santa Monica City Council, a Council-Manager governing body with seven members elected at-large. The mayor is Gleam Davis, and the Mayor Pro Tempore is Lana Negrete. The other five council members are Phil Brock, Christine Parra, Oscar de la Torre, Jesse Zwick and Caroline Torosis.
Representation
In the
In the United States House of Representatives, Santa Monica is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu.[95]
Education
Public schools
The Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District provides public education at the elementary and secondary levels. In addition to the traditional model of early education school houses, SMASH (Santa Monica Alternative School House) is "a K–8 public school of choice with team teachers and multi-aged classrooms".[96] The district maintains eight elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools in Santa Monica.[97]
Private schools
Private schools in the city include
Asahi Gakuen, a weekend Japanese supplementary school system, operates its Santa Monica campus (サンタモニカ校・高等部 Santamonika-kō kōtōbu) at Webster Middle in the Sawtelle neighborhood of Los Angeles. All high school classes in the Asahi Gakuen system are held at the Santa Monica campus.[98][99]
Post-secondary
Universities and colleges within a 22-mile (35 km) radius from Santa Monica include
Infrastructure
Transportation
Bicycles
Santa Monica has a bike action plan
The city implemented a 5-year and 20-year Bike Action Plan with a goal of attaining 14 to 35% bicycle transportation mode share by 2030 through the installation of enhanced bicycle infrastructure throughout the city. [105] In 2023, Santa Monica scored near the 90th percentile of cities surveyed in the PeopleForBikes City Ratings, which measures the quality of a city's bike network.[106]
In terms of number of bicycle accidents, Santa Monica ranks as one of the worst (#2) out of 102 California cities with population 50,000–100,000, a ranking consistent with the city's composite ranking.[107] In 2007 and 2008, local police cracked down on Santa Monica Critical Mass rides that had become controversial, putting a damper on the tradition.[108]
Highways
The
Motorized vehicles
Santa Monica has purchased the first
Bus
The city of Santa Monica runs its own bus service, the
The city of Santa Monica is also served by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) bus lines. Metro also complements Big Blue service, as when Big Blue routes are not operational overnight, Metro buses make many Big Blue Bus stops, in addition to MTA stops.
Light rail
Design and construction on the 6.6-mile extension (10.6 km) of the Expo Line from Culver City to Santa Monica started in September 2011, with service beginning on May 20, 2016. Santa Monica Metro stations include Downtown Santa Monica, 17th Street/SMC, and 26th Street/Bergamot. Travel time between Downtown Santa Monica station and 7th Street/Metro Center station in Downtown Los Angeles is approximately 46 minutes, while the travel time between the downtown Santa Monica station and the terminal Atlantic station in East Los Angeles is approximately 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Historical aspects of the Expo line route are noteworthy. It uses the former Los Angeles region's electric interurban Pacific Electric Railway's
Airport and ports
The city owns and operates a general aviation airport, Santa Monica Airport, which has been the site of several important aviation achievements. Commercial flights are available for residents at LAX, a few miles south of Santa Monica.
Like other cities in Los Angeles County, Santa Monica is dependent upon the
Other
Since the mid-1980s, various proposals have been made to extend the Purple Line subway to Santa Monica under Wilshire Boulevard. There are no current plans to complete the "subway to the sea", an estimated $5 billion project.[112]
In August 2018, Santa Monica issued permits to
Emergency services
Two major hospitals are within the Santa Monica city limits,
Law enforcement services are provided by the Santa Monica Police Department
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica.[116] The Department's West Area Health Office is in the Simms/Mann Center.[117]
Internet services
Santa Monica has a municipal wireless network which provides several free city Wi-Fi hotspots[118] distributed around the city.
In popular culture
Film and television
Hundreds of moving pictures have been shot or set in part in Santa Monica.[119]
Films
One of the oldest exterior shots in Santa Monica is
The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) and the related dramatic film Lords of Dogtown (2005) are both about the influential skateboarding culture of Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood in the 1970s.
Santa Monica (and in particular the Santa Monica Airport) was featured in Roland Emmerich's disaster film 2012 (2009). A magnitude 10.9 earthquake destroys the airport and the surrounding area as a group of survivors escape in a personal plane. The Santa Monica Pier and the whole city sinks into the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake.
Television
A number of television series have been set in Santa Monica, including
Literature
Horace McCoy's 1935 novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is set at a dance marathon held in a ballroom on the Santa Monica Pier.
Raymond Chandler's most famous character, private detective Philip Marlowe, frequently has a portion of his adventures in a place called "Bay City", which is modeled on Depression-era Santa Monica.[123] In Marlowe's world, Bay City is "a wide-open town", where gambling and other crimes thrive due to a massively corrupt and ineffective police force.
Music
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- Notable locations
- The band Linkin Park is named in homage to Santa Monica's Lincoln Park[124] (now called Christine Emerson Reed Park[125]).
- The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is based in Santa Monica on Olympic Boulevard.
- Interscope (started by Jimmy Iovine), and Shady Records, are based in Santa Monica, CA.
Works
- The folk Australian duo Angus and Julia Stone has a single titled "Santa Monica Dream" on its album Down the Way.[126]
- The ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash has a song called "Santa Monica", from their album Root Fire.[127]
- The band Everclear released a song titled "Santa Monica" in 1995, which became their first mainstream hit.[128]
- The British singer-songwriter Noel Harrison released a song and album titled Santa Monica Pier (1968).[129]
- In 1948, bandleader Kay Kyser released a 78 record of the novelty song "When Veronica Plays the Harmonica (Down at the Pier in Santa Monica)".
- One of the few songs musical satirist Tom Lehrer has recorded since the 1970s is a tribute to the holidays of the Jewish calendar called "I'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica".
- Richard Rossi released a song called "Santa Monica", celebrating the Santa Monica Pier, on his album Seasons of My Heart.
- The band Savage Garden released a song titled "Santa Monica" from its album Savage Garden (1997).
- The modern rock band Theory of a Deadman's song "Santa Monica" is a first-person account of a girl leaving her significant other to start a new life in Santa Monica.
- French Rapper Moha La Squale released the song "Santa Monica" in 2019.[130]
Notable people
Sister cities
See also
- 2013 Santa Monica shootings
- Aragon Ballroom (Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California)
- Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, co-founder and benefactress of Santa Monica
- List of cities and towns in California
- List of City of Santa Monica Designated Historic Landmarks
- List of people from Santa Monica, California
- List of public art in Santa Monica, California
- Muscle Beach
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- City of Santa Monica
- A Weekend in Santa Monica – slideshow by The New York Times
- City of Santa Monica at the Wayback Machine (archived February 18, 1999)
- Image of zoning map of Los Angeles outlining Santa Monica,1927. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.