[6] The cemetery has a two-story mausoleum that was completed in 1926, after several years of public opposition, led by a developer that had hoped to transition the memorial land into a residential zone.

Despite the city council's approval of the variance require to build the mausoleum, the developer put the issue on the upcoming election ballot.

During the campaign, East Lawn made public statements that the families of those interred would not give their permission to move the remains of their loved ones beneath the ground of the cemetery.

[6] In 2013 the park began to transition from vegetation to rock based gardens where appropriate to contend with seasonal drought conditions and water availability problems in northern California.

[3] Those interred in the cemetery include actor Neville Brand,[7] professional baseball player James M. Grilk,[8] composer Dick Jurgens, congressman Robert Matsui,[9] football player Jim Otto and actress Dorothy Millette Bern.