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Committee of 4000 Records
MS.R.160
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Committee of 4000 records
Creator:
Committee of 4000 (Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.160
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1979-1983
Abstract: This collection consists of documents
of and related to the Committee of 4000, a non-profit political action group from Irvine,
California. The Committee of 4000 was an organization founded by land leaseholders who
disputed the terms of their leasing rights with the Irvine Company in the early 1980s. The
collection includes newsletters, correspondence from the Irvine Company, meeting minutes,
promotional materials, legal documents, and other material related to the organization's
class action lawsuit and activities.
Language of Material:
English .
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Committee of 4000 Records. MS-R160. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Transferred by Yvonne Wilson, former government documents librarian at UC Irvine.
Processed by Chris S. Ervin, 2012 November.
The Committee of 4000, a non-profit political action group based in Newport Beach,
California, was founded by land leaseholders who disputed the terms of their leasing rights
with the Irvine Company in the early 1980s.The Irvine Company had leased land to some home
buyers in Newport Beach and in the city of Irvine in the late 1950s. In the late 1970s the
long-term leases were up for renewal. A decade of inflation had pushed up land prices
sharply, justifying enormous rent increases. The frightened leaseholders formed a political
action group, called the Committee of 4000 to try to persuade Irvine Company to hold down
the threatened rent hikes. The president of the Committee of 4000 was Barbara Young of
Newport Beach, California.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of documents related to the Committee of 4000, a non-profit
political action group from Irvine, California. The Committee of 4000 was an organization
founded by land leaseholders who disputed the terms of their leasing rights with the Irvine
Company in the early 1980s. The collection includes newsletters, correspondence from the
Irvine Company, meeting minutes, promotional materials, legal documents, and other material
related to the organization's class action lawsuit and activities.
The collection is not arranged.
Further information related to the Committee of 4000 can be found in
Hector, Gary (August 27, 1990). "AMERICA'S RICHEST LAND BARON: Donald Bren's stunning
property covers 100 square miles of California." Fortune. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73941/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Residential real estate -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century
Residential real estate -- California -- Newport Beach -- 20th century
Land use -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources.
Land tenure -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
City planning -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources.
Legal documents -- California -- Orange County -- 20th
century
Committee of 4000 (Calif.)
Irvine Company