Santa Monica is a city in California which takes pride in its white sand beaches, community gardens, parks, the Pacific waters, and other popular tourist attractions. Its location gives it a lot of sunny days all throughout the year - and although fog and haze may blanket the city in the early mornings of May to July, sunny skies almost always greets the residents and tourists as the day progresses.

Santa Monica is among the top sustainable cities of America with all public buildings using renewable energy sources and 75% of vehicles running on alternative fuel sources. Even with a high number of cars in the city, 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the past 15 years. The Santa Monica Bay is also being monitored and cleaned up from time to time.

Santa Monica has been the setting for several TV shows, movies, and music videos. Also, it has been a good source of inspiration for songs of various genre. Although generally known as a tourist destination, several notable businesses and companies are located in the city.