By a vote of 13 to 0, the Los Angeles City Council approved a motion to consider restrictions on tour buses traveling around Marilyn Monroe’s home in Brentwood.

The motion, introduced by Councilwoman Traci Park, directs the Department of Transportation to review road sections and restrict tour bus operations in the following locations:

• 5th Helena Drive between Carmelina Avenue and the cul-de-sac of 5th Helena Drive
• Carmelina Avenue between Sunset and San Vicente Boulevards

Park led the effort to have Monroe’s house designated a historic cultural landmark when the current owners wanted to demolish it last year.

In July 2023, real estate heiress Brinah Milstein and her husband, television producer Roy Bank, purchased the Spanish hacienda-style residence at 12305 West 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood for $8.35 million. The couple, who own the property next door, obtained a permit from the city to demolish the Monroe home, which was initially granted but later revoked.

The couple sued the city of LA in May to complete the demolition.

Monroe was found dead of a drug overdose in this house in 1962. According to the New York Times, it was the first and only house she owned independently.

After a long Legal dispute Between the city and the current owners, the city council voted to make Monroe’s house a historic preservation site.

“There is no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles that is as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her home in Brentwood,” Park said in June.