In 1934, President Lázaro Cárdenas took office but refused to use the Castle of Chapultepec as his official residence, as he thought it too ostentatious.

[1] Los Pinos was home to thirteen of the fourteen presidents in office between 1935 and 2018, with the exception of Adolfo López Mateos (1958–1964).

In 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, at the time a candidate for the Mexican presidency, announced that he would not live in Los Pinos if he won the election and would instead open the residence to the public.

López Obrador moved the presidential offices back to the National Palace where he lived for the entirety of his presidency.

[6] Since taking office on October 1 of 2024, President Claudia Sheinbaum has resided in the National Palace keeping Los Pinos open to the public.