The controversy surrounding the last home where Marilyn Monroe lived took a new twist as the Los Angeles City Council voted to restrict tour buses from operating or traveling on streets near the property.
According to a Westside Current report, the council’s 13-0 vote (with two members absent) comes after the residence in the city’s Brentwood area was designated as a historical cultural monument in June. The designation came after the property’s owners sought to demolish the home where the legendary actress died in 1962.
The council’s vote came after residents living near the property raised their agitation about privacy disruptions related to the new historic designation. The home has never been opened to the public.
Peter Sheridan, an attorney for Brinah Milstein, Glory of the Snow 1031 Trust and Roy Bank, the owners of the property, were critical of the council’s vote, calling it “yet another step in an admittedly biased, unconstitutional and rigged process, as set forth in the owners’ lawsuit” to overturn the historic designation for the property.
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