Save Morris Kight 4th Street House

08/10/2023

GREAT FREAKING NEWS!! The L.A. City Council voted this week to make Morris Kight's 4th Street House a Cultural-Historic Monument. It was an unnecessarily hard fight but we won!!! Thanks to everyone who wrote or called in to the Council! And special thanks to all those who were in the trenches with us!!
From Los Angeles Daily News:
"The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 8, voted to designate the Westlake-area home of gay-rights pioneer Morris Kight as a city Historic Cultural Monument.
To the delight of community groups that had backed the proposal, the council voted unanimously for the designation. The home, at 1822 W. 4th St., already has designations from the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources as a historic resource.
While the council’s vote Tuesday was unanimous, the matter’s path to passage was not a smooth ride."
To learn more about Morris Kight, you can visit the Save Morris Kights 4th Street website. Or, check out the recent biography- 'Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist'

Morris Kight's 4th Street House is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movements.

08/04/2023

Help! This next vote is going to be close. And we must win this vote to save Morris Kight’s historic 4th St home. The L.A. City Council must stand on the side of LGBTQAI people. We are under attack all over this country including here in the L.A. area. We have to remember and actively honor our history in order to show our values and not repeat the criminalization and brutality against LGBTQ+ people of the past.
The vote is next week on Tuesday August 8th and it’s now or never to save the place of the first LGBT+ crisis hotline and the first LGBT+ community center and where the first Pride March was planned and where the GLF and other leaders and activists gathered and strategized about how to disrupt and get civil rights for LGBTQ+ people.
You can help make this happen! We’re asking everyone to make a single phone call (more if you have the time) before this Tuesday, August 8th. Here are the Councilmember’s phone numbers and a very short script you can read and personalize if you’re moved to.
--SCRIPT FOR READING:
"Hello, this is -your name-. I’m calling to urge you to support full, historic monument status for Morris Kight’s 4th Street home on Tuesday August 8th. The LGBTQ+ community is under attack. It is imperative you save this place in order to show that you value the LGBTQ+ community and its history. We must not repeat the criminalization and brutality of the past. With only 1% of the historic monuments in L.A. specifically honoring the LGBTQ+ community, you must vote yes to save Morris Kight’s 4th Street home and make it a historic monument."
--L.A. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PHONE NUMBERS:
CD1 Eunisses Hernandez 213-473-7001
CD2 Paul Krekorian 213-473-7002
(or try 818-755-7676)
CD3 Bob Blumenfield 213-473-7003
CD4 Nithya Raman 213-473-7004
CD5 Katy Yaroslavsky 213-473-7005
CD6 Imelda Padilla 213-473-7006
CD7 Monica Rodriguez 213-473-7007
CD8 Marqueece Harris-Dawson 213-473-7008
CD10 Heather Hutt 213-473-7010
CD11 Traci Park 213-473-7011
CD12 John Lee 213-473-7012
CD13 Hugo Soto-Martinez 213-473-7013
CD14 Kevin de Leon 213-473-7013
CD15 Tim McOsker 213-473-7015

Morris Kight's 4th Street House is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movements.

08/02/2023

UPDATE! so because the LA City Council received hundreds of your letters they asked to postpone the final vote so they could 'study' this more closely. Then they went on vacation.... So the final vote is now THIS TUESDAY AUGUST 8!!!
This kind of deliberation doesn't happen ever but it is because you all showed your support for the historic nomination that they couldn't easily wave it away. But its not a done-deal so if you haven't written your letter of support yet, please do right away!! All the info to do so is in an earlier post, also at our website- savemorriskight4thstreethouse.com
Also, we'll be at Long Beach Pride this weekend so look for us and come by our booth and say hi!!
More info to come!!
PS- sorry for the late update. We needed to catch our breaths. But now lets make this happen!!!

06/07/2023

The Historic-Cultural Monument designation for Morris Kight's 4th Street home passed through the Planning Commission today!! Tomorrow is the FINAL VOTE at the City Council hearing. PLEASE CALL IN AND VOICE YOUR SUPPORT!! -Even if you just say 'I support Morris Kight's 4th Street HCM designation.'

06/06/2023

The protest at Councilmember Hernandez office went great. The protest was covered on the 5pm news (ABC, channel 7 in LA). Today is the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) hearing at 2pm. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND IN YOUR EMAILS OF SUPPORT!! We made it really easy to do-- www.savemorriskights4thstreet.com

06/04/2023

Come to our demonstration Monday morning!!
Stop the erasure of LGBTQIA+ history!!
Save Morris Kight's 4th Street Home!!
We have already done all the hard work, jumped through all the hoops. The city's experts agree with us.
We just need a 'YES.' But they want us to werk for that 'YES."
So make like Morris Kight and demonstrate with us!!
When: Monday June 5th, 10am
Where: CM Hernandez' Field Office Building,
3750 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, 90065, in Glassell Park

06/04/2023

All the Councilmember has to do is vote 'YES.'
We have done all the hard work, jumped through all the hoops.
And the city's experts agree with us.
Now all the Councilmember has to do is vote 'YES.'
But they want to see us fight for their 'YES' vote.
So come protest with us on Monday morning!!

06/01/2023

Happy Pride Month!! A lot of people will be going to Pride celebrations soon. But a lot of people don't know that at this humble home in Los Angeles' Westlake neighborhood the very first Pride parade was conceived and planned!
It was also the home of the very first gay services center (which grew into the biggest LGBTQ Service Center in the world). And so much more happened inside these walls and on this porch with the gathering of the movement's early leaders and volunteers. Morris Kight and this house is a huge part of our origin story!
But this place is in danger, girl....
www.savemorriskights4thstreet.com

05/31/2023

This humble home in Los Angeles Westlake neighborhood is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ human/civil rights movement, the world's first LGBTQ services center and the creation of the world's first LGBTQ Pride parade. Morris Kight is the grandfather of the LGBTQ movement and community. PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY JUNE 5TH!! Please help or the massively important place will disappear forever! We have a sample letter to copy/paste and send to the Los Angeles City Council on our website and FB page.

submit letters by June 5th Designate Morris Kight’s 4th Street home an Historic-Cultural Monument what you can do now: Copy/paste or customize the letter below and email the City Councilmembers:Dear Los Angeles City Councilmembers,Please vote yes to make Morris Kight’s 4th Street Residence an Hi...