I agree not NEARLY enough traffic, and not nearly enough trash around the pier and 3rd St Promenade. And the biggest faux pas I saw, was that they put an MTA bus (orange in color) on the 3rd St Promenade picture, and that's in the City of Santa Monica where they have their own buses; which are blue. And it's possible that the animation of the American Flag is wrong on the Santa Monica pier scene: It's waving to a north wind, which is very rare in sunny weather in Santa Monica, and would only happen during during a Santa Ana wind. About 355 days/year, the breeze comes out of the west.
Charles