The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday rejected the historical-cultural monument status for legendary comedian Bob Hope's Home in Toluca Lake.

The vote pitted Councilman David Ryu, who represents the Toluca Lake area and initiated the application for landmark status, against the late entertainer’s daughter, who was against to the designation because she said it would go against her father's wish.

The council voted 8-2 in favor of the landmark status designation, but required an unanimous 10 votes to move forward.

While the plan was being considered, a council committee tangled with the conflicting views on designating the 15,000- square-foot home a historical-cultural monument. The Cultural Heritage Commission voted in the November against designation.

Hope's daughter, Linda, told to Councilman Jose Huizar's committee and the commission that the designation would go against her parents wishes because the proceeds from the sale of the home are to be donated to the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, which she chairs.

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She also said that, the designation would lower the value of the home. She also argued that with the streets and buildings named after her father, the landmark status for their home is unnecessary.

She also argued that the home was not architecturally significant as it had undergone many renovations before.

The Commission President Richard Barron told Huizar's committee he was swayed by Linda Hope when she appeared before the commission.
Bob Hope died in the year 2003 and his wife, Dolores Hope, died in in the year 2011.

The Hopes built the French and Tudor revival style estate in the year 1939 and used it as their primary residence until their deaths. It was designed by the architect Robert Finkelhor, with some expansions and remodeling work designed by the John Elgin Woolf.

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