This collection contains photocopies of the agreement between The Irvine Company and the University of California to deed 1,000 acres of land to the University for a new Irvine campus. Included is the initial agreement of July 20, 1960, as well as five supplemental agreements created to extend the amount of time The Irvine Company had to prepare and submit a plan to the University for the purchase of additional acres for an Inclusion Area. The agreement also details the acceptance of a report for the Master Land Use Plan, the terms of the land deed, requirements of survey and title insurance, stipulations for a "Planned Community," and an outline for determining the feasibility of an Inclusion Area.

A rapidly growing California population in the late 1950s prompted the Regents of the University of California to explore the possibility of adding new campuses in an attempt to meet the state's escalating need for higher education. Enrollment projections suggested that the University would require three new campuses by 1970 to meet the rising demand. After selecting Santa Cruz and San Diego as new outposts for the University, the Regents undertook a search to discover a campus site in the Southeast Los Angeles-Orange County area. The Regents selected twenty-three sites in the region based on size, shape, physical setting, availability, accessibility, their relationship to the center of population and potential for planned community development. Additional criteria for selecting a campus site included finding an area with a large and increasing population, and a strategic site that would relieve pressure from existing campuses, namely Los Angeles and Riverside.

0.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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