Guide to the Committee of 4000 Records MS.R.160
Chris S. Ervin
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
(cc) 2012
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
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 .
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
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.
Acquisition Information
Transferred by Yvonne Wilson, former government documents librarian at UC Irvine.
Processing History
Processed by Chris S. Ervin, 2012 November.
Historical Background
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.
Arrangement
The collection is not arranged.
Bibliography
Further information related to the Committee of 4000 can be found in
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
box 1, folder 1
Irvine Company correspondence
1982 February 12 - 1983 October
17
box 1, folder 2
Superior Court of the State of California, Scott vs the Irvine
Company
1982 December 10 - 1983 July 25
box 1, folder 3
Ad Hoc committee on leasehold
1979 March 10
box 1, folder 4
"10 Facts every leaseholder should know about the Irvine Company's land leasing
and pricing programs"
1982
box 1, folder 5
Leaseholder Bill of Rights
1982
box 1, folder 6
An open letter to the Irvine Company from the Committee of 4000
1981 November
box 1, folder 7
Minutes and notices
1981 November 18 - 1983 May 25
box 1, folder 8
Irvine Company: Leasehold information file
1983
box 1, folder 9
Standard amendment to residential lease and option to purchase
1983 June 30 - 1983 September 14
