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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Los Angeles County, City of Santa Monica
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coastal city that borders Santa Monica Bay (part of the Pacific Ocean) on the
west, Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north Santa Monica is named for
Saint Monica of Hippo because the area on which the city is now located was
first visited by Spaniards on her feast day. In the skateboard and surfing
communities Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood and adjacent parts of Venice
are sometimes called Dogtown. Because of its agreeable weather, Santa Monica
had become a famed resort town for tourists and appraisers alike by the early
20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the
revitalization of its downtown core, significant job growth, and increased
tourism. Santa Monica is known for its left-wing politics, including policies
designed to address the needs of renters, consumers, and the homeless. The city
was well known for its strict rent control ordinance, enacted in 1978 and
partially overridden by state law in 1999. Santa Monica is sometimes called the
"Homeless Capital of the West" due to the presence of the third
largest homeless population in Los Angeles County (after Downtown Los Angeles
and Hollywood), a large number of whom are teenaged runaways; satirist Harry
Shearer calls it "The home of the homeless." The city owns and
operates a general aviation airport, Santa Monica Airport, which has been the
site of several aviation achievements. Passenger flights are available at Los
Angeles International Airport just to the south of Santa Monica via Sepulveda
Boulevard. Like other cities in Los Angeles County, Santa Monica is dependent
upon the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles for international ship
cargo. In the 1890s, Santa Monica was once in competition with Wilmington,
Calif., and San Pedro for recognition as the "Port of Los Angeles" |
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