Palisades Park
A narrow bluff-top park running along Ocean Avenue, with palms, walking paths, and the city's best ocean overlooks.
- What we love:
- Views · Sunsets · Trees & Landscape
- Key issues:
- Maintenance & Cleanliness · Public Safety · Homelessness
Beach · Oceanfront
Santa Monica Beach
Miles of wide public sand running the length of the city, with the beach path, volleyball courts, and open water.
What we love
Why this place matters
- Free, open, and public — the largest shared room in the city.
- Surfing, swimming, volleyball, running, and doing nothing at all.
- Sunsets that pull the whole city west.
- The beach path as the city's spine for bikes and walkers.
The area today
Current information
Shoreline length
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Awaiting verified data
Lifeguard towers
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Restrooms & showers
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Awaiting verified data
- Water quality reports — Add verified link
Statistics and city data are placeholders until verified sources are added.
Issues & challenges
What this place is working through
Beach & Ocean
Water quality, shoreline health, beach facilities, and coastal access.
Environment
Climate resilience, urban canopy, water, waste, and biodiversity.
Public Safety
How safe people feel and are in public spaces, on transit, and in their neighborhoods, day and night.
Maintenance & Cleanliness
Upkeep of structures, restrooms, trash, and public facilities.
Homelessness
People living unhoused in the city, and the housing, health, and outreach systems that respond.
Tourism
Visitors, the visitor economy, and its effects on residents.
Parks & Recreation
Access to parks, fields, courts, playgrounds, and programs.
Accessibility
Whether people of every age and ability can actually use the city.
Infrastructure
Streets, sidewalks, lighting, water, and utilities.
Opportunities
What could make it better
- Dune and native habitat restoration
- More accessible beach mats and shaded rest points
- Volunteer cleanup and water-quality stewardship
Projects & ideas
What's being proposed
No projects or proposals have been added for Santa Monica Beach yet. Community concepts, city projects, and experiments will appear here.
Community
Voices from this place
Resident stories
Local stories and memories will be collected here.
Photos
Community photo contributions are not open yet.
Ideas & polls
Idea submission and neighborhood polls are planned.
Events & organizations
Local groups and events will be listed here.
On the map
Where you are
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Santa Monica Pier
The wooden pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue — amusement park, fishing deck, aquarium, and the city's most recognized image.
- What we love:
- The Pier · The Ocean & Beach · Sunsets
- Key issues:
- Public Safety · Tourism · Maintenance & Cleanliness
Reed Park
A neighborhood park at Lincoln and Wilshire with tennis courts, playgrounds, and the Miles Playhouse.
- What we love:
- Parks & Green Space · Recreation & Sport · Community
- Key issues:
- Public Safety · Maintenance & Cleanliness · Homelessness
Major Corridors
Wilshire, Santa Monica, Colorado, Olympic, Pico, Ocean, and Lincoln — the streets that carry the city and connect it to the region.
- What we love:
- Local Businesses · Bikes & Paths · Walkability
- Key issues:
- Transportation · Public Safety · Infrastructure
Part of the Explore Santa Monica project