[1] In 1993, the Western Heights Neighborhood Association received a $10,000 in grants from Sears Savings Bank for security improvements and beautification projects.

[3] In 1998, the Western Heights Neighborhood Association appealed the city's approval of a wireless telecommunication facility located at 2362 West Washington Boulevard.

The city denied the association's appeal and instead issued the applicant a conditional permit requiring the structure's windows and ornamental detail to be painted, the brick exterior to remain exposed, and the roof to be cleaned.

[9] On November 14, 2000, the city's Planning and Land Use Management Committee considered establishing a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone for the Western Heights Area.

84%) of contributing resources, the neighborhood met the definition of a "Preservation Zone" as "any area of the City of Los Angeles containing structures, landscaping, natural features or sites having historic, architectural, cultural or aesthetic significance ... "[11] Initially, the HPOZ area was to include the commercial structures along Washington Boulevard and Western Avenue.