San Clemente

City, Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean, midway between San Diego and Los Angeles. Founded in 1925 as a real-estate development, the site was named for offshore San Clemente Island, which was named by the Spanish explorer Sebasti�n Vizca�no to honour St. Clement. Chiefly residential, the city gained national prominence in 1969 when President