Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of West Hollywood

West Hollywood, CA

Lindsey P. Horvath

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of West Hollywood was officially incorporated in 1984. At approximately 1.9 square miles and 35,000 residents, the city provides core services with eight public parks and an overall walkability score of 91. West Hollywood is located in the heart of metropolitan Los Angeles County and has earned a reputation for being “the creative city” with its progressive approach to local government including many critical social movements and protection of our environment. Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging with community members in building more pollinator habitat throughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a monarch neighborhood challenge to engage neighborhoods and homeowners' associations within the community to increase awareness, support community unity around a common mission, and/or create habitat for the monarch butterfly.

Systems Change ▸

Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor John Heilman	2026	3/24/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Sepi Shyne	2023	1/18/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Lauren Meister	2022	3/4/2022	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath	2021	3/16/2021	Signatories	View Pledge