Santa Monica, California
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" redirects here. For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation).
Santa Monica, California
United States
August 3, 1769
November 30, 1886[3]
Lana Negrete
Oscar de la Torre
Caroline Torosis
Christine Parra
Phil Brock
Jesse Zwick
David White
16.00 sq mi (41.43 km2)
8.41 sq mi (21.80 km2)
7.58 sq mi (19.64 km2)
105 ft (32 m)
93,076
83rd in California
11,067/sq mi (4,273/km2)
UTC−7 (PDT)
Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John P. Jones and Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which incorporated as a city in 1886. The city developed into a seaside resort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the creation of tourist attractions such as Palisades Park, the Santa Monica Pier, Ocean Park, and the Hotel Casa del Mar.
