Santa Monica, California : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Santa Monica

Official name

Santa Monica

Settlement type

City

Motto

Populus Felix en Urbe Felice (Latin)
"Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land"

Country

United States

State

California

County

Los Angeles

Settled

August 3, 1769

Incorporated

December 9, 1886

Government

Mayor

Bobby Shriver

City Council

Kevin McKeown
Robert Holbrook
Richard Bloom
Gleam Davis
Terry O’Day
Pam O'Connor

Geography

Total Area

8.416 sq mi (21.8 km2)

Land Area

8.415 sq mi (21.8 km2)

Water Area

0 sq mi (0.003 km2)

Elevation

105 ft (32 m)

Demography

Total Population

89736 (2010)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

PST (UTC-8)

- Summer (DST)

PDT (UTC-7)

ZIP codes

90401-90411

Area code

310/424

FIPS code

06-70000

GNIS feature ID

1652792

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Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the southeast.

Santa Monica is home to executives and Hollywood celebrities and it is a mixture of very affluent, single-family neighborhoods, renters, surfers, young professionals, and students. The Census Bureau 2010 population for Santa Monica is 89,736. Santa Monica is named for Saint Monica of Hippo because the area on which the city is now located was first visited by Spaniards on her feast day.

Because of its agreeable climate, Santa Monica had become a famed resort town by the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its downtown core with significant job growth and increased tourism.