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LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY Pre ser vatio n Report Card | 2008

West Hollywood
The City of West Hollywood has a notable historic preservation ordinance
that allows for the designation of both individual landmarks and historic
districts. It does not require owner consent for the designation of either in-
dividual landmarks or historic districts. The
city has designated a total of seventy-three
landmarks and six historic districts. It has
an active Mills Act program with seventy-
three contracts to date, including some with
owners of condominium units within locally
designated buildings. West Hollywood has
been a Certified Local Government since
1991.The city’s Historic Preservation Com-
mission meets monthly and has the power
to deny inappropriate alterations and dem-
olitions proposed for historic resources.
These same design review protections are
extended to structures identified in the city’s
West Hollywood holds an annual event each historic resources inventory, which is currently being updated. The city
summer to promote historic preservation offers a variety of incentives to owners of designated resources, including
and the city’s architectural heritage.
Photo courtesy of the City of waiving permit fees and parking and setback requirements. West Holly-
West Hollywood Planning Department. wood also holds an annual event specifically to promote historic preser-
vation and the city’s architectural legacy.

Whittier
The City of Whittier has designated 101 landmarks and three historic dis-
tricts; it does not require owner consent for either type of designation. Its
preservation ordinance enables the city to deny proposed demolitions
and inappropriate alterations to historic resources.Whittier has a Historic
Resources Commission that meets monthly. While the city is not yet a
Certified Local Government, it does have an active Mills Act program,
with thirty contracts currently held. Whittier has a historic resources sur-
vey that was completed in 2001 and covers one-third of the city. The city
adopted a Historic Preservation Element for its General Plan in 1985 and
updated it in 1993.

B+, B, or B-
Claremont, Culver City, Glendale, Glendora, Huntington Park,
Monrovia, Pomona, Redondo Beach, San Dimas, San Gabriel

Whittier’s historic preservation ordinance does not C+, C, or C-
require owner consent for the designation of local Artesia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell Gardens, Burbank, Calabasas, Commerce,
landmarks, increasing its effectiveness as a tool for Covina, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, La Verne, Rolling Hills Estates,
protecting the city’s architectural heritage. Pictured
above: National Bank of Whittier (1923), San Fernando, Sierra Madre, South Gate, West Covina
Whittier Historic Resource. Photo by Conservancy staff.

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