City Hall, the Civic Auditorium, courthouse, Tongva Park, and the campus of public buildings between Downtown and the beach.
What we love
The area today
Public facilities
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Awaiting verified data
Statistics and city data are placeholders until verified sources are added.
Issues & challenges
Cleaning, permits, response times, and everyday municipal service quality.
Plazas, promenades, sidewalks, and the quality of the shared outdoor room.
New buildings, land use decisions, and long-range planning.
Artists, venues, murals, performance, and cultural institutions.
How safe people feel and are in public spaces, on transit, and in their neighborhoods, day and night.
How people move — walking, biking, buses, the E Line, and driving.
Whether people of every age and ability can actually use the city.
Opportunities
Projects & ideas
No projects or proposals have been added for Civic Center yet. Community concepts, city projects, and experiments will appear here.
Community
Local stories and memories will be collected here.
Community photo contributions are not open yet.
Idea submission and neighborhood polls are planned.
Local groups and events will be listed here.
On the map
Keep exploring
A large, city-owned open area on the eastern edge — aviation history, creative and cultural tenants, Airport Park, and the city's biggest long-range land use question.
The dense core between the freeway and the ocean — offices, apartments, hotels, shopping, and the E Line terminus.
Three car-free blocks of shopping, street performance, and public gathering between Wilshire and Broadway.
The Downtown Santa Monica, 17th Street/SMC, and 26th Street/Bergamot stations linking the city to the regional rail network.
Part of the Explore Santa Monica project
