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LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY Preservation Report Card | 2014

We checked with the National Park Service to identify which jurisdictions
participate in the Certified Local Government Program, which indicates a
strong commitment to preservation. We also began to track communities’
use of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), though we did
not grade specifically on this category.

Conservancy staff evaluated the results using a new scoring system that
assigned specific values for various programs and activities. In a new ad-
dition for 2014, we also assigned Extra Credit for specific preservation ef-
forts that fall outside the parameters of the Report Card scoring. The total
scores then translated into a “grade” for each community. This report in-
cludes a summary of the results, followed by a chart with supporting data.

SCORING SYSTEM

Policy/Program/Activity Points

Historic preservation ordinance 150 (10 if only honorary)
Dedicated Historic Preservation Commission 5
Dedicated preservation staff 15

Ability to designate historic districts 15
Owner consent not required for 10
landmark designation

Active landmark designation (at least annually) 5
Survey of historic resources 15 citywide/10 partial
Survey updated within the past five years 5

Mills Act incentive program 10
Additional incentives 5

Status as a Certified Local Government 5
Historic Preservation Element or Plan 5

Maximum Total Score 245

Extra Credit: Other specific accomplishment(s) 1-25
Top: The modernist Barry Building (1951)
in Brentwood was designated as a Los Angeles
Historic-Cultural Monument in 2007.
Grading System
Photo by Robert Cleveland.
A 90 – 100%
Bottom: This residential street is part of the
Jefferson Park historic district (Historic B 80 – 89%
Preservation Overlay Zone, or HPOZ), C 70 – 79%
designated by the City of Los Angeles in 2011.
Photo from Conservancy archives. D 60 – 69%
F 0 – 59%

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