Important Issues

Important Issues

Saving Historic Places in L.A. County

Preservation is an urgent and ongoing effort that requires community support. Our advocacy efforts respond to specific threats, foster stronger preservation policies and incentives, and empower people to take action. Take a minute and learn more about our advocacy issues.

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Marilyn Monroe Residence

The house where the legendary Marilyn Monroe lived is now at risk

Resolved

Garden Apartments

Resolved

1968 East L.A. Chicano Student Walkouts (Blowouts)

Lost

2015 Beverly Hills Historic Preservation Ordinance Amendments

Two story white mixed-use building on a corner lot.

Place

3901 San Fernando Road (Demolished)

Glendale City Council approved the demolition of this historic building for a new mixed-use development.  

Resolved

710 Freeway Extension

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Alhambra Health Center (Shorb Clinic)

This Monterey Revival building has ben part of the Alhambra community since 1930 and is listed on the California Registe...

Place

Alpine Village

Alpine Village is the first legacy business to be designated a County historic landmark.

View of the destroyed Ambassador Hotel.

Place

Ambassador Hotel (Demolished)

One of Los Angeles' defining historic sites, the Ambassador fueled development of Wilshire Boulevard and housed the worl...

Place

Angel Food Donuts Sign

Orange Angels Flight ascends, with downtown skyline in the background.

Place

Angels Flight

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Arthur Lloyd and Gertrude Sercy Reese Home

The Reese family cultivated community and economic opportunity for Black Venetians in the Oakwood neighborhood.

Urgent

Assembly Bill 2580

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B’nai B’rith Lodge (Demolished)

Active

Background Buildings

Place

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Image of Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Place

Barry Building

Place

Beverly Hills Waterworks Building / Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study

Bob and Hope Dolores Home

Place

Bob and Dolores Hope Estate

Big Bob's Broiler exterior

Place

Bob’s Big Boy Broiler

Active

Boyle Heights Community Plan

Place

Boyle Hotel (Cummings Block)

The Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights stands as a prime example of preservation and adaptive reuse.

Bullock Wilshire Building

Place

Bullock’s Wilshire / Southwestern Law School

Resolved

CA Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Lost

California Highway Patrol Santa Fe Springs Area Office Replacement

Place

Capitol Records Tower

Eames House and Studio (Case Study House #8)

Saved

Case Study Houses

Place

CBS Television City

CBS' Television City was one of the first and largest complexes built expressly for television production and broadcasti...

Resolved

Central Avenue

Place

Century Plaza Hotel

Resolved

Changes Proposed to National Register

Place

Charlotte and Robert Disney House

Lytton Savings

Place

Chase Bank/Lytton Savings, Hollywood (Demolished)

Place

Chase Knolls

Saved

Chicano Moratorium

On November 2020, the Chicano Moratorium March (December 20, 1969) and National Chicano Moratorium March (August 29, 197...

Place

Chili Bowl, West Los Angeles (Demolished)

Place

Chinese Theatre

Place

Chuey Residence

Place

Cinerama Dome

Place

Circus Disco (Demolished)

Resolved

City of Los Angeles Fee Hike

Areal view of the Eastern Columbia building and Orpheum Theatre on L.A.'s Broadway.

Urgent

City of Los Angeles Mills Act Program

Active

Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) Ordinance

Two story exterior of American Colonial Revival apartment

Place

Clinton Manor Courtyard Apartments

This 1940 courtyard apartment has been a site of community and connection for over 80 years.

Place

Commonwealth Savings Building (Demolished)

Place

Crenshaw Women’s Center

The first women's center to be established in Los Angeles from 1970-72 and significant for its connection to LGBTQ+ comm...

Place

Crossroads of the World

Completed in 1936, Crossroads of the World was one of the first outdoor shopping centers in the country.

Place

Denny’s / Van de Kamp’s Bakery

Place

Marilyn Monroe Residence

The house where the legendary Marilyn Monroe lived is now at risk

Resolved

Garden Apartments

Resolved

1968 East L.A. Chicano Student Walkouts (Blowouts)

Lost

2015 Beverly Hills Historic Preservation Ordinance Amendments

Two story white mixed-use building on a corner lot.

Place

3901 San Fernando Road (Demolished)

Glendale City Council approved the demolition of this historic building for a new mixed-use development.  

Resolved

710 Freeway Extension

Place

Alhambra Health Center (Shorb Clinic)

This Monterey Revival building has ben part of the Alhambra community since 1930 and is listed on the California Registe...

Place

Alpine Village

Alpine Village is the first legacy business to be designated a County historic landmark.

View of the destroyed Ambassador Hotel.

Place

Ambassador Hotel (Demolished)

One of Los Angeles' defining historic sites, the Ambassador fueled development of Wilshire Boulevard and housed the worl...

Place

Angel Food Donuts Sign

Orange Angels Flight ascends, with downtown skyline in the background.

Place

Angels Flight

Place

Arthur Lloyd and Gertrude Sercy Reese Home

The Reese family cultivated community and economic opportunity for Black Venetians in the Oakwood neighborhood.

Urgent

Assembly Bill 2580

Place

B’nai B’rith Lodge (Demolished)

Active

Background Buildings

Place

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Image of Bank of America Chinatown Branch

Place

Bank of America Chinatown Branch

Place

Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Place

Barry Building

Place

Beverly Hills Waterworks Building / Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study

Bob and Hope Dolores Home

Place

Bob and Dolores Hope Estate

Big Bob's Broiler exterior

Place

Bob’s Big Boy Broiler

Active

Boyle Heights Community Plan

Place

Boyle Hotel (Cummings Block)

The Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights stands as a prime example of preservation and adaptive reuse.

Bullock Wilshire Building

Place

Bullock’s Wilshire / Southwestern Law School

Resolved

CA Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Lost

California Highway Patrol Santa Fe Springs Area Office Replacement

Place

Capitol Records Tower

Eames House and Studio (Case Study House #8)

Saved

Case Study Houses

Place

CBS Television City

CBS' Television City was one of the first and largest complexes built expressly for television production and broadcasti...

Resolved

Central Avenue

Place

Century Plaza Hotel

Resolved

Changes Proposed to National Register

Place

Charlotte and Robert Disney House

Lytton Savings

Place

Chase Bank/Lytton Savings, Hollywood (Demolished)

Place

Chase Knolls

Saved

Chicano Moratorium

On November 2020, the Chicano Moratorium March (December 20, 1969) and National Chicano Moratorium March (August 29, 197...

Place

Chili Bowl, West Los Angeles (Demolished)

Place

Chinese Theatre

Place

Chuey Residence

Place

Cinerama Dome

Place

Circus Disco (Demolished)

Resolved

City of Los Angeles Fee Hike

Areal view of the Eastern Columbia building and Orpheum Theatre on L.A.'s Broadway.

Urgent

City of Los Angeles Mills Act Program

Active

Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) Ordinance

Two story exterior of American Colonial Revival apartment

Place

Clinton Manor Courtyard Apartments

This 1940 courtyard apartment has been a site of community and connection for over 80 years.

Place

Commonwealth Savings Building (Demolished)

Place

Crenshaw Women’s Center

The first women's center to be established in Los Angeles from 1970-72 and significant for its connection to LGBTQ+ comm...

Place

Crossroads of the World

Completed in 1936, Crossroads of the World was one of the first outdoor shopping centers in the country.

Place

Denny’s / Van de Kamp’s Bakery

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