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Santa Monica, California
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Monica is a beach town in California. It is next to Los Angeles, California, US.
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It was made a city in 1886. In 2020, there were 93,076 people living there.[1]
It is famous for the Santa Monica Pier that has many fun rides.