The dense core between the freeway and the ocean — offices, apartments, hotels, shopping, and the E Line terminus.
What we love
The area today
Storefront vacancy
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Awaiting verified data
E Line ridership
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Awaiting verified data
Housing units
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Awaiting verified data
Statistics and city data are placeholders until verified sources are added.
Issues & challenges
The health of independent businesses, storefronts, and local jobs.
Supply, affordability, stability, and the mix of housing types across the city.
How safe people feel and are in public spaces, on transit, and in their neighborhoods, day and night.
Plazas, promenades, sidewalks, and the quality of the shared outdoor room.
How people move — walking, biking, buses, the E Line, and driving.
Availability, price, and management of parking for residents, visitors, and businesses.
Visitors, the visitor economy, and its effects on residents.
New buildings, land use decisions, and long-range planning.
People living unhoused in the city, and the housing, health, and outreach systems that respond.
Artists, venues, murals, performance, and cultural institutions.
Opportunities
Projects & ideas
No projects or proposals have been added for Downtown Santa Monica 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
Three car-free blocks of shopping, street performance, and public gathering between Wilshire and Broadway.
A low-scale commercial street from Pico to the Venice border, lined with independent shops, cafés, and restaurants.
A tree-lined shopping street from about 7th to 17th, mixing boutiques, cafés, and neighborhood services.
A dense apartment district between Wilshire and Montana, walkable to downtown, the bluffs, and neighborhood shops.
Part of the Explore Santa Monica project
