The Morrison Hotel is a cultural, architectural and rock and roll landmark in Downtown Los Angeles, containing 111 very affordable housing units. The tenants were displaced by convicted slumlords, and the building has been boarded up for almost 20 years. Around 2022, the interior was illegally gutted, making the building vulnerable to fire.

In late 2023, the Morrison Hotel was purchased out of default with plans to restore it as housing for Angelenos, and Doors drummer John Densmore and "Morrison Hotel" album photographer Henry Diltz expressed delight. But just before Christmas 2024, LADBS put up a red tag notice, which allows the city to tear it down. A few days later, the building caught fire. The wooden interior burned, but the brick walls are still standing. 

If you care about The Morrison Hotel, please sign this petition asking councilmember Ysabel Jurado and Mayor Karen Bass to use the power of their respective offices to direct LADBS not to demolish the building, and to work with city departments and the property owner to find a preservation solution.

Tell the city to use its vast resources, not to ensure the building is demolished quickly, but to help put it back together so that it can once again provide housing for Angelenos, and community serving spaces in the storefronts.

Learn more at esotouric.substack.com/savethemorrisonhotel and www.esotouric.com/morrisongutted