The City of Santa Monica provides a vast free public WiFi network in many common areas, including libraries, city facilities, parks, and transit corridors. New hotspots are always being added to strengthen our public WiFi service.

There are over 33,800 trees in the Santa Monica's Urban Forest. That's a lot of trees. In fact, if you laid them out end to end, they would stretch from the Santa Monica Pier all the way to Palm Springs. The trees are worth $138 million by their replacement value alone. When environmental benefits are also considered, the Santa Monica Urban Forest is worth $300 million.

Construction, ranging from weekend home improvement projects to large-scale commercial development require permits to be in compliance with city rules and regulations. This dataset contains a listing of all active permits for construction within city boundaries.

The Santa Monica Police Department Call for Service information includes requests for police service made by the public, as well as officer-initiated activity. The Call for Service information provided on the Open Data portal dates back to January 1, 2006 and is updated daily. The Police Department continues to make the Daily Calls for Service Report available on their website.