Location

Government

History

Pacific Grove is located on the  central California coastline, 121 miles south of San Francisco & 334 miles north of Los Angeles. Area: 2.86 sq. miles Population: 17,145 Miles of Streets: 55.2 Full time City employees: 129 Average Annual Mean Temperature: 56.5 Deg. F. Annual Rainfall: 18.52" average Annual Humidity: 68.7 Deg. average Altitude: Sea to 385' Above Sea level

Pacific Grove has a Council-Manager form of Government. The 7 member City Council consists of a mayor, who is elected to a  2 year term and six council members who are elected for four years. The City Council appoints a City Manager who heads the municipal government. The economy is primarily related to tourism, local services and governmental functions.

Pacific Grove was founded in 1875 as a Methodist Church retreat.  It was incorporated on July 16, 1889 and became a charted city on April 22, 1927. Pacific Grove was the last non-alcoholic or 'dry' city in California until 1969 when the city council adopted an ordinance repealing prohibition. Pacific Grove is called 'Butterfly Town USA' because of the annual Oct-March migration of the Monarch Butterfly.