dailynews,com – By MARGARET SHUTTLEWORTH, City News Service – The Hollywood Forever Cemetery was designated a historic-cultural monument by the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, March 22, following a unanimous recommendation from the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission.
The cemetery was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, the cemetery’s 100th anniversary. On June 25, Councilman Mitch O’Farrell began the city’s effort to include the cemetery on its own list of historic-cultural monuments. The Cultural Heritage Commission considered the property on Oct. 21 and recommended the City Council add it to the list.