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The decision comes after a months-long battle between the
council and the owners of the home in the upscale Brentwood
neighborhood. Next-door couple Roy Bank and Brinah Milstein
bought the property in July 2023 for $8.35 million with plans to
demolish the house to expand their estate, according to the Los
Angeles Times.
The couple obtained a demolition permit soon after, but
Councilmember Traci Park last year introduced a motion to
protect the home by granting it landmark status, receiving
approval from the Cultural Heritage Commission and the Planning
and Land Use Management Committee, the Los Angeles Times said.
"There's no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as
iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home," Park said
before Wednesday's council vote. "To lose this piece of history,
the only home that Monroe ever owned, would be a devastating
blow for historic preservation."
Monroe bought the Spanish Colonial-style home in 1962 for
$75,000. It was the only residence she ever owned before she
died there six months later of an apparent drug overdose.
Bank and Milstein sued the city in May for acting
unconstitutionally in order to preserve the house, according to
the Los Angeles Times. A judge denied their injunction request
to stop the historical designation, and a trial-setting
conference for the pending lawsuit is set for Aug. 13, according
to The New York Times.
(Reporting by Liya Cui; Editing by Sonali Paul)
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