San Clemente CitySan Clemente is a city in Orange County, California.. As of 2005, the city population was 65,900. Located six miles south of San Juan Capistrano, it is roughly equidistant from San Diego and Los Angeles. In 1968 President Richard Nixon bought the H. H. Cotton estate, one of the original homes built by one of Hanson's partners. Nixon called it "La Casa Pacifica," but it was nicknamed the "Western White House", a term now commonly used for a President's vacation home. |
About View of under the San Clemente Pier
The San Clemente Pier was once one of Orange County's entry points (Seal Beach was another) for smuggling of liquor during the U.S. prohibition era of the early 1900's. A hurricane in 1939 destroyed the pier which included a cafe, tackle shop and Owl Boat Co. Repairs in 1985 $1.4 million was spent to repair San Clemente Pier in 1985 with a higher end section and polyethylene-coated steel piles.
Panographer: Val T. Hoang