Tell City Hall that you support the Griffith Family's Application to have all of Griffith Park designated a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Alarmed by proposals over the last few years to commercialize GriffithPark by building hotels, restaurants, tramways and numerous parkingstructures, Col Griffith J. Griffith's heirs submitted a 300+ page Application which just passed its first vote for continued review at a recentmeeting of the Cultural Heritage Commission. Approval of the Applicationby the Commission and then by the City Council would bring Griffith Parkthe same status and protections now enjoyed by many other parks and treasured L.A. sites.

The Oaks Homeowners Association and many other communityorganizations have voted to support the Application. Now it is time for each of us to make our individual voices heard. Some City Officials and private interests have asserted that the Application be limited to only certainparts of the Park. This would diminish the status of Griffith Park as a whole, and leave parts of the Park unprotected from possibly unwise and supervised development (as well as ineligible for historic funding). Especially vulnerableare portions of the Park not originally part of Col. Griffith's donation, in particular, many of the areas near... The Oaks!!! Expressed concerns about impacting City services appear to be unfounded. Other Los Angeles parks and facilities, including City Hall itself, have thrived after being protected as Historic-Cultural Monuments.

Here is what you should do NOW:

Make your views known by sending letters and e-mails to the City's Cultural Heritage Commission and Councilmember Tom LaBonge:

SEE BELOW for addresses.

Cultural Heritage Commission
Office of Historic Resources
City Hall
200 North Spring Street, Rm 620
Los Angeles CA 90012

and...

Hon. Tom LaBonge
City Hall
200 North Spring Street, Rm 480
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tom.LaBonge@lacity.org

Tell them you strongly support the designation of the whole of Griffith Park as a L.A. Historic Cultural Monument.

Please customize your letter to increase its impact. For more coverage on this topic see the front page of this website.

Please be good enough to send a copy to us at letters@oakshome.org , or simply let us know you have sent one!!

 

Here is a partial list of Organizations that already Support Griffith Park's landmark designation:

The L.A. Conservancy
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
The Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations
Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council
Hollywood United Neighborhood Council
Atwater Village Neighborhood Council
Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council
Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
Foothills Trails District Neighborhood Council
Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council
Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council
Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council
Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council
Los Feliz Improvement Association
Oaks Homeowners Association
Franklin Hills Residents Association
Hollywoodland Homeowners Association
Granada Hills Old Homeowners Association
North Valley Coalition
Friends of Atwater Village
Friends of O'Melveny Park
Equestrian Trails National and Corral 38, Griffith Park
Highland Park Heritage Trust
The City Project
Los Feliz Flyers
Wild Mountain Runners
Recreation and Equestrian Coalition Agoura Hills (REC)