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Title: Committee of 4000 records
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.160
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
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.
Creator:
Committee of 4000.
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.
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.
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/
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Committee of 4000.
Irvine Company.
City planning -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources.
Correspondence -- 20th century.
Land use -- California -- Irvine
Land use -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources.
Legal documents -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century
Minutes -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.