Santa Monica is a beachfront
city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is
named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is
bordered 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 many
Hollywood celebrities and executives and is a mixture of affluent single-family
neighborhoods, renters, surfers, professionals, and students. The Census Bureau
