{"id":57864,"date":"2023-08-08T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/la-city-council-expected-to-save-morris-kight-home\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:05:00","slug":"la-city-council-expected-to-save-morris-kight-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/la-city-council-expected-to-save-morris-kight-home\/","title":{"rendered":"LA City Council Expected to Save Morris Kight Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\n<i>Councilmembers vote Tuesday on designating 4th Street residence of grandfather of LGBTQ+ movement an Historic Cultural Monument (HCM)<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\nCurrently, fewer than one percent of city\u2019s HCM sites honor LGBTQ+ community<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A wide-ranging group of advocates will be out in force at Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow (Tuesday, August 8) to testify and urge City Councilmembers to approve Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) status for the residence of Morris Kight, a respected 20<sup>th<\/sup> century Los Angeles LGBTQ+ rights pioneer. The home on 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street in the Westlake neighborhood is in Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez\u2019s district (District #1) and is listed on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fohp.parks.ca.gov%2F%3Fpage_id%3D21238&amp;esheet=53512220&amp;newsitemid=20230807969147&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=California+Register+of+Historical+Resources&amp;index=1&amp;md5=d4fa92b781e8de7eda4be52136a015ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">California Register of Historical Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBased on assurances from the Councilmember\u2019s office, Hernandez is expected to make a motion Tuesday urging the full council to adopt Historic Cultural Monument status for the Kight home. She previously promoted the lesser \u2018site of\u2019 designation, which meant a property owner could raze the property and redevelop the site, something advocates understood the current site owner intended to do.<\/p>\n<p>\nA favorable HCM designation vote Tuesday provides Councilmembers a chance to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community as well as honor and support Los Angeles LGBTQ+ and HIV\/AIDS history.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;esheet=53512220&amp;newsitemid=20230807969147&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=AHF&amp;index=2&amp;md5=f2f89e76cdd84f364cddb7e95f0a0f9a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">AHF<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.housingisahumanright.org%2F&amp;esheet=53512220&amp;newsitemid=20230807969147&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Housing+is+a+Human+Right&amp;index=3&amp;md5=39960cc62fdebb2d4db5adb628e13fcf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Housing is a Human Right<\/a> (HHR), a division of AHF, strongly support the City Council approving historic designation for the Kight home. The Stonewall Democratic Club, the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the Los Angeles Conservancy are also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laconservancy.org%2Flearn%2Fhistoric-places%2Fmorris-kight-residence%2F&amp;esheet=53512220&amp;newsitemid=20230807969147&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=backing+HCM+status&amp;index=4&amp;md5=d9c3cd6bd6a8a1cb2d4b45cbf4b5abe8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">backing HCM status<\/a> for the property.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Sunday, August 6<sup>th<\/sup>, AHF ran a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F%3Fp%3D81509&amp;esheet=53512220&amp;newsitemid=20230807969147&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=full-page+ad&amp;index=5&amp;md5=92011569b04306e4b4262da76d51dd6f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">full-page ad<\/a> urging City Council to \u201cSave Morris Kight\u2019s Home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing testimony before the Council and the Council\u2019s subsequent vote, advocates will join members of Local SEIU 721 in solidarity outside City Hall at the union\u2019s one-day strike also set for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> <b>Contacts<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\nGed Kenslea, AHF Communications Dir.<br \/>\n<br \/>(323) 791-5526 cell<br \/>\n<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;g&#101;&#100;&#46;&#x6b;&#x65;&#x6e;sl&#101;&#97;&#x40;&#x61;&#x68;f&#46;&#111;&#114;&#x67;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">ged&#46;&#107;&#101;&#110;&#115;&#108;&#101;&#97;&#x40;&#x61;&#x68;&#x66;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councilmembers vote Tuesday on designating 4th Street residence of grandfather of LGBTQ+ movement an Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) Currently, fewer than one percent of city\u2019s HCM sites honor LGBTQ+ community LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A wide-ranging group of advocates will be out in force at Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow (Tuesday, August 8) to testify and urge &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/la-city-council-expected-to-save-morris-kight-home\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-business","4":"post-57864","6":"format-standard","7":"category-industry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LA City Council Expected to Save Morris Kight Home - Pharma Trend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/la-city-council-expected-to-save-morris-kight-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LA City Council Expected to Save Morris Kight Home - Pharma Trend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Councilmembers vote Tuesday on designating 4th Street residence of grandfather of LGBTQ+ movement an Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) Currently, fewer than one percent of city\u2019s HCM sites honor LGBTQ+ community LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A wide-ranging group of advocates will be out in force at Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow (Tuesday, August 8) to testify and urge ... 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