Our Mission Statement

Hollywoodland, founded in 1923, a 100 year old community, is nestled at the back of Beachwood Canyon. It evolved from the land upon which it rested; the stone quarried to make streets became walls and foundations for homes. At its highest point it is two and a half miles up a canyon, and is one of the only communities, R1 or otherwise, to be surrounded on three sides by
Griffith Park.

The Hollywoodland Homeowner’s Association’s (HHA) first incarnation was in the 1940s, the same decade that the tract gifted the City of Los Angeles 444 acres to form the most westerly portion of Griffith Park. The most important mission of the HHA is the safety of it residents, their homes and the unique environment in which it resides. Preserving and protecting the neighborhood’s unique character, architecture, property values and quality of life is a critical component of its duty to residents. Also of significant concern is the protection of the Hollywoodland Gifted Park land and its native flora and fauna.

The Hollywoodland Sign, which is perched above the community, was originally an
advertisement for the newly minted tract and did not read “Hollywood” until the 1970s. It had never been an up-close tourist attraction until the last few years when it was promoted by city leaders and chamber of commerce boosters.

• At this point of its existence there are many threats to Hollywoodland. The neighborhood is located in a Cal-Fire “Very High Fire Hazard Severity  Zone.”
• It is bounded by wildland consisting of dense and highly flammable indigenous chaparral. Its infrastructure, originally designed ninety years ago, is inadequate to meet the needs of a contemporary neighborhood, let alone the non-local tourist and hiker traffic.
• The streets are narrow, steep and serpentine with no sidewalks or parkways.
• Beachwood Drive, the only hillside collector street and main evacuation
  egress, is substandard by definition, dead ends at the top and is routinely blocked.
• There is little to no parking in the entire neighborhood.
• In the past five years the influx of tourist and hiker traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular, has well exceeded the capacity of the neighborhood infrastructure. It poses a major problem to both residents and visitors alike.
• The City has been unable to effectively manage enforcement of code
  violations such as graffiti, public urination, theft and illegal parking, let alone the major threats of smoking, destruction to the environment and private property, unlawful entry into the park after hours and traffic / pedestrian management.
• Also of great concern is the abuse of native plants and wildlife, as well as the slow destruction of the Hollywoodland Gifted Park. Hikers and tourists have been allowed to trample the habitat and pursue unauthorized trails. There is no enforcement of any kind once visitors enter the park through the unauthorized gates that have been allowed to exist in the community.

Sadly, the visitors are ignorant to the imminent threats of fire, collision and bodily harm presented by the lack of infrastructure and supervision.

The HHA hopes that the political leaders and citizens of Los Angeles will address the exploitation of one of their oldest and most unique communities and the safety concerns that
endanger it.