Grindle (Shirley) Papers

Orange County Planning Commission files Series 1. 1971-1978 1974-1976

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series comprises records Shirley Grindle maintained when she was a commissioner for the fourth district on the Orange County Planning Commission. Issues brought before the commission included amendments to the county general plan, zoning changes, conditional use permits, and variances. The series predominantly consists of environmental impact reports, oversized maps that accompanied reports, correspondence, meeting agendas, and land use plans. There are also newspaper arrticles from the Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition.

Arrangement

The series is organized alphabetically by geographical location. The newspaper articles follow.

Aliso Viejo

box 1, folder 1

Nellie Gail Ranch program, report, and other materials 1974

Anaheim

box 1, folder 2

Anaheim Hills tentative tract 8533: environmental impact report and correspondence 1975-1976

folder XOS 6

10 maps

box 1, folder 3

Land level chart undated

Capistrano Valley

box 1, folder 4-5

Orange County General Plan, Capistrano Valley Area Land Use Plan 1973-1974

box 1, folder 6

Orange County General Plan: reports, correspondence and other materials 1974

Dana Point

box 1, folder 20

Del Obispo property use permit 3613: environmental impact report, memoranda, and other materials 1975

folder XOS 1

1 map

box 1, folder 21-22

Road realignment: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1975-1976

Fountain Valley

box 1, folder 23

Zone change no. ZC 75-12: environmental impact report, reports, and correspondence 1976

box 1, folder 24

Irvine 1975-1976

Hill 733, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials

box 9, folder 1

Outdoor Education Camp proposal by the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 2004

folder XOS 1

3 maps

Laguna Beach

box 1, folder 25

Camel Point Drive use permit 3863: Environmental Management Agency reports, memoranda, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 1

1 map

box 1, folder 26

Hobo Canyon position report 1974

Laguna Canyon

box 1, folder 27

Flood control: correspondence, memoranda, and other materials 1976

box 1, folder 28

Flood control: environmental impact report 1975

Laguna Hills

box 1, folder 29

Mathis Ranch tentative tract 8962: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 3, folder XOS 4

32 maps

Laguna Niguel

box 1, folder 30

Aliso Water Management Agency Regional Wastewater Treatment Project: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials 1972-1974

box 1, folder 31

Bear Brand Ranch sketch plan 1974

box 1, folder 32

Colinas de Capistrano Planned Community: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1975-1976

folder XOS 1

2 maps

box 1, folder 33

Commercial recreation center, use permit 3878: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 1

2 maps

box 1, folder 34

Planned community tentative tract 7509: meeting minutes 1973

Lake Forest

box 1, folder 35

El Toro Road: environmental impact statement 1975

box 1, folder 36

El Toro Road proposed residential development tentative tract 5278: environmental impact report 1976

folder XOS 2

12 maps

box 2, folder 1

El Toro Road realignment: correspondence, reports, and other materials 1976

box 2, folder 2

"Forest Lanes" proposed bowling alley: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 2

3 maps

box 2, folder 3

General Plan for Rancho Serrano 1974

Malibu

box 2, folder 4

Application for use permit 1976

Mission Viejo:

box 2, folder 5

El Toro Road tentative tract 5278: reports, memoranda, and other materials 1975-1976

folder XOS 10

10 maps

Newport Beach

box 2, folder 6-7

Environmental Impact Report and Project Report for Irvine Coastal Community General Plan Amendment 1976

Orange

box 2, folder 8

Change of zone case no. ZC 74-47 and ZC 74-48: reports, memoranda, and other materials 1975

folder XOS 9

9 maps

box 2, folder 9

Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 9177: report, correspondence, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 9

3 maps

box 2, folder 10

Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 6137: report, correspondence, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 9

2 maps

box 2, folder 11

Saddleback Motorcycle Park: environmental impact reports, correspondence, and other materials 1973-1974

folder XOS 9

1 map

box 2, folder 12

Santiago Boulevard and Bond Avenue tentative tract 8348: reports, memoranda, and other materials 1974

folder XOS 9

2 maps

Orange County

box 2, folder 13

General Plan Amendment tentative schedule 1976

box 2, folder 14

General Plan Amendment, Land Use Element Amendment 76-1: reports 1976

box 2, folder 15

General Plan Amendment 75-1: draft environmental impact report, memoranda, and other materials 1975

box 2, folder 16

General Plan Amendment 75-1: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1975

box 2, folder 17

Land Use Element Amendment 76-1: correspondence, notes, and other materials 1976

box 2, folder 18

Local park code and status report on local parks: program agendas, reports, and other materials 1970-1974

box 2, folder 19

North East Orange County Circulation Study (NEOCCS): memoranda, agendas, and other materials 1975-1976

folder XOS 11

1 map

box 2, folder 20

Report on cultural/scientific resources 1976

box 2, folder 21

Resolution 75-2 1975

box 2, folder 22

Scenic Highway Advisory Board minutes, correspondence, and other materials 1974-1976

box 2, folder 23

The Scenic Highways Element: general planning program report 1973

box 2, folder 24

Senate Bill 1736: correspondence, clipping, and other materials 1976

box 2, folder 25

Town hall meetings for county sanitation: correspondence, invitation, and other materials 1976

Santa Ana

box 2, folder 26-27

Charter Point tentative tract 5794: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1974

folder XOS 7

4 maps

box 2, folder 28

East Lemon Heights Drive tentative tract 8622: report 1976

folder XOS 5

1 map

box 2, folder 29

Greenwald Lane tentative tract 9115: report 1976

folder XOS 5

1 map

box 2, folder 30

Intersection design of Hinton Way at Crawford Canyon Road tract 6208: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1975-1976

folder XOS 5

1 map

box 2, folder 31

La Vereda Reservoir: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1973

folder XOS 7

2 maps

box 2, folder 32

Lower Lake Drive and Bent Tree Lane tentative tract 9271: report, correspondence, and other materials 1976

folder XOS 5

1 map

box 2, folder 33

Old Foothill Boulevard tentative tract 8616: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1974-1975

folder XOS 7

5 maps

box 3, folder 1

Peacock Hill Planned Community tentative tract 9389: report 1976

folder XOS 5

1 map

box 3, folder 2

Proposed land exchange affecting Lot 15 tract 5448: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1976

box 3, folder 3

Proposed water reservoir for Lemon Heights: environmental impact reports 1975-1976

box 3, folder 4

Red Hill: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1975-1976

folder XOS 7

1 map

box 3, folder 5

Rockhurst Avenue tentative tract 8489: reports, memoranda, and other materials 1976

box 3, folder 6

17th Street and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 8988: report 1975

folder XOS 5

2 maps

box 3, folder 7

Tustin Hills Racquet Club use permit 3618: environmental impact report, use permits, and other materials 1974-1975

folder XOS 7

2 maps

Santa Ana Mountains

box 3, folder 8

Silverado Springs Recreation Ranch use permit 3612: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials 1975

folder XOS 11

4 maps

Trabuco Canyon

box 3, folder 10

Whiting Ranch Development Plan and environmental impact report circa 1975

box 3, folder 11

Whiting Ranch: planned community district regulations and guidelines for hillside development 1973

South Laguna

box 3, folder 9

General Plan Amendment: minutes, reports, and other materials 1974

Tustin

box 3, folder 12

Laurinda Way and 17th Street use permit 3672: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1975

folder XOS 8

1 map

box 3, folder 13-14

Newport Avenue and La Colina Drive tentative tract 8108: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials 1971-1975

folder XOS 8

14 maps

box 3, folder 15

Panorama Heights: correspondence, memoranda, and other materials 1974

box 9, folder 2

Articles from the Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, 2000-2001

Environmental activism files Series 2. 1956-2005 1978-2005

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series documents Grindle's involvement and interests in various environmental issues in Orange County. She has mainly been concerned with the preservation of open spaces in Orange County and limiting the construction of new housing tracts in already densely populated areas. Grindle has worked together with homeowners' associations and concerned citizens to ensure that park areas will not be destroyed by housing developments.

Arrangement

The series is arranged in 4 subseries:

2.1 Sue L. Ficker files on Upper Newport Bay, 1971-1978
2.2 Santiago Oaks Regional Park, 1956-1993, bulk 1978-1989
2.3 Barham Ranch, 1996-2002
2.4 Andrew R. Brooks v. Charter Point Community Association, 1974, 2003-2005

Sue L. Ficker files on Upper Newport Bay Subseries 2.1 1971-1978

Scope and Contents note

The materials in this subseries were given to Grindle by Sue L. Ficker of Newport Beach, California. Ficker was the former president of the Central Newport Beach Improvement Association and a member of Stop Polluting Our Newport (SPON). The materials document an effort to lessen the pollution of the Upper Newport Bay area by updating Newport Beach's drainage system.

box 3, folder 16

Clippings 1971-1975

box 3, folder 17

Correspondence, reports, and other materials 1971-1978

box 3, folder 18

Photographs 1978

Scope and Contents note

Contains 27 3.5 x 4.5" photographic prints of bluff collapses and storm drains, including images of Harbor Ridge and the Lower Back Bay.

Santiago Oaks Regional Park Subseries 2.2 1956-1993 bulk 1978-1989

Scope and Contents note

The subseries includes materials Grindle collected while working to secure the El Modena Hills as part of the Santiago Oaks Regional Park. It includes files documenting the housing developers who owned rights to the land, the decisions of the City of Orange Planning Commission, the East Orange Open Space Management Corporation, and the Los Tesoros Homeowners Association. Also included are later writings by Grindle on these topics.

box 3, folder 19

Brooks, Richard Kenneth, Jr. & Associates, Inc.: reports, correspondence, and notes concerning protective covenants for tract 9608 1983

box 3, folder 20

Clippings 1978-1989

box 3, folder 21-25

Correspondence 1977-1990

box 3, folder 26

Crawford Hills tract 13032: parcel descriptions and maps 1987

box 3, folder 27

Crawford Canyon revised tentative tract 9608: draft focused supplemental environmental impact report 1981

box 3, folder 28

East Orange Open Space agenda item transmittal 1978

East Orange Open Space Management Corporation

box 3, folder 29

Information sheet circa 1979

box 3, folder 30

Luncheon invitations, photographs, and other materials 1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes 13 3 x 5" and two 4 x 6" photographs of a luncheon hosted at the Orange County Mining Company restaurant on 1989 July 12. Two photographs show honorees, which included Grindle and other Orange County officials.

box 3, folder 31

Membership card drafts and fliers circa 1979

box 3, folder 32

Option agreement 1982

box 3, folder 33

Public notices and press releases circa 1979

box 3, folder 34

Existing citizens non-profit corporations: reports and notes undated

box 3, folder 35

Harbors, Beaches and Parks Commission agenda and notice of public hearing 1987

box 3, folder 36

Local Agency Formation Commission application materials and schedule circa 1978

Los Tesoros Homeowners Association

box 3, folder 37

Deeds and quitclaim deeds 1956 1971 1981-1990

box 3, folder 38

Insurance policy preliminary reports 1989-1992

box 3, folder 39

Land transfer correspondence, notes, and other materials 1989-1993

box 3, folder 40

Photographs of transferred area undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains 12 photographs of hills, land grating, a water pump, and surrounding houses, fences and streets.

folder XOS 12

Maps undated

Newsletters

box 3, folder 41

The Bulletin 1979 January

box 3, folder 42

Common Talk 1985-1986

box 3, folder 43

Yorba Linda Lakebed Assoc. 1979 October

box 3, folder 44

Notes 1979-1987

box 3, folder 45

Offer of dedication for unincorporated area of Orange County 1984

box 3, folder 46

"Open Space Dedication and Maintenance for Jones Ranch in East Orange" report 1978

Orange

box 3, folder 47

City Council meeting transcript regarding Jones Ranch 1978

Planning Commission

box 3, folder 48

Agenda, memorandum, and other materials 1980-1982

box 4, folder 1

Resolutions regarding tentative tract 9608 1982-1983

box 4, folder 2

Resolutions, reports, and other materials 1983-1988

box 4, folder 3

Resolutions of the Local Agency Formation Commission 1976

Papers written by Grindle

box 9, folder 6

The Demise of the Strawberry Field, 2009

box 9, folder 5

History of the Orange Park Acres Specific Plan and 1975 East Orange General Plan, 2009

box 9, folder 3

The Professionals, the Politicians and the People: a Case History of the Citizens Against Consolidated Rock Products, Inc., 2009

box 9, folder 4

Saving the El Modena Hills, 2009

box 4, folder 4

Photographs of El Modena Hills circa 1979

box 4, folder 5

Security Housing Company corporation grant deed, notes, and other materials 1976-1979

box 4, folder 6

"Security Housing Proposal for Jones Ranch Open Space" fact sheet 1979

box 4, folder 7

Trust for Public Land Annual Report 1980

box 4, folder 8

Trust for Public Land workshop: correspondence, agenda, and notes 1980

Barham Ranch Subseries 2.3 1996-2002

Scope and Contents note

The subseries includes materials Grindle gathered while working to keep Barham Ranch from being developed as a large housing tract. The files include data about the area and document legal violations made by the Serrano Water District, dealings between the Serrano Water District and SunCal Companies, a lawsuit the Serrano Water District filed against the Orange Unified School District, and the effort to convince Orange County to buy Barham Ranch from the Orange Unified School District.

Barham Ranch

box 4, folder 11

Data reports, correspondence, and other materials circa 1998-2000

box 4, folder 12

Environmental report and fact sheet 1997-1999

box 4, folder 13

Brown Act violations: correspondence, agendas, and other materials 2000

box 4, folder 14

California Department of Fish and Game reports and correspondence 1999-2000

box 4, folder 15

California State Board of Education complaint: correspondence and notes 2000-2002

box 4, folder 16

Citizen's letters 1996-2000

box 4, folder 17

Clippings 1998-2000

box 4, folder 18

Coad, Cynthia: clippings 1999

Biographical/Historical note

Cynthia Coad has been a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors since 1998 and served as chair of the Board in 2001.

box 4, folder 19

County offers for Barham Ranch: clippings, news releases, and other materials 1999-2000

box 4, folder 20

Hooper, Rachel B.: legal documents, correspondence, and other materials 1998-1999

Biographical/Historical note

Rachel B. Hooper was an attorney representing the Orange Park Association; Friends of Harbors; Beaches and Parks, Inc.; Endangered Habitats League, Inc.; and Richard J. Walters.

box 4, folder 21

Land use permit process: memorandum and report 1999-2000

box 4, folder 22

Memoranda 1999-2000

box 4, folder 23

Miller, Lawrence G.: declaration and correspondence 1999

box 4, folder 24

Notes and planning documents 2000 undated

box 4, folder 25

Orange County correspondence on Barham Ranch 1996-2000

Orange Unified School District

box 4, folder 26

Campaign statements and economic interest statements 1997-1999

box 4, folder 27

Correspondence, memoranda, and other materials 1988-2000

box 4, folder 28

Lease and purchase agreement and correspondence with Carpenter Irrigation District 1976-1980 1999

box 4, folder 29

Public records requests 1999-2000

Serrano Water District (SWD)

box 4, folder 30

Agreement, correspondence, and notes with SunCal Companies 1998-1999

box 4, folder 31-32

Complaints against SWD filed with the Orange County Grand Jury: reports, correspondence, and other materials 1999-2000

box 4, folder 33

Correspondence, resolution, and other materials 1999-2000

box 4, folder 34

Illegal mining: agreements, correspondence, and other materials 1986-1998

box 4, folder 35

Minutes 2000

box 4, folder 36

Statements of economic interest, agenda, and other materials 1997-1999

box 4, folder 37

Serrano Water District v. Orange Unified School District lawsuit: correspondence, legal documents, and other materials 1999-2000

box 4, folder 38

Strawberry Field agreement, memoranda, and other materials 1996-2000

box 4, folder 39

SunCal Companies: clippings, reports, and other background information 1989-2000

box 4, folder 40

Timelines of events and exhibits 1998-2000

box 4, folder 9-10

Anaheim Hills Elementary School grading agreement: correspondence, agendas, and other materials 1999-2000

Andrew R. Brooks v. Charter Point Community Association Subseries 2.4 1974 2003-2005

Scope and Contents note

The subseries documents how Grindle assisted Andrew R. Brooks in his lawsuit against Orange County and a neighboring homeowners' association for failing to enforce a 1974 agreement that set restrictions to protect his view and standards for fire and slope safety. The 1974 agreement was written by the Orange County Planning Commission during the time in which Grindle was a member.

box 4, folder 41

"Charter Point" tentative tract 5794: draft environmental impact report 1974

box 4, folder 42

Correspondence 2003-2005

Legal documents

box 4, folder 43

County of Orange claim for money or damages 2003

box 4, folder 44

Declaration of Shirley L. Grindle 2004

box 4, folder 45

Defendant County of Orange's request to strike and evidentiary objections to declaration of Shirley L. Grindle 2004

box 4, folder 46

Notes supporting 1975 Planning Commission intent and actions related to Charter Point 2004

Campaign finance reform index cards Series 3. 1978-1990

Physical Description: 0.8 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series comprises four boxes of 5 x 8" index cards kept by Grindle. Each card represents one campaign contributor and records the amount and date of each campaign contribution made since 1978 for every county election. The cards in this series represent contributions made to County Supervisors' campaigns from 1978 to 1990.

Cards include the name, occupation, address, and phone number of the contributor, and the amount and date of each contribution. Numbers in parentheses indicate the total donation made by that contributor within that election cycle. Some numbers were crossed out by Grindle as a method of telling herself that she had added them, but do not indicate any revisions or deletions to the records.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by name.

box 5

20th Century Plumbing Co., Inc. - Dzida, Steven J. 1978-1990

box 6

Eadie, Rosemary - Lease All La Palma 1978-1990

box 7

Leasure, R. Wayne - Robinson & Robinson 1978-1990

box 8

Robinson, Stephen R. - Zwain, Salih 1978-1990

TINCUP files Series 4. 1970-2007 1975-1978

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series is comprised of files of the Leader of the TINCUP (Time is Now, Clean Up Politics) Campaign Reform Committee (begun in July 1977), a grassroots campaign to limit lobbyists' contributions to county supervisors in Orange County, California. After their recommendations became law in 1978 (Orange County Reform Ordinance, no. 3066), many other California counties also adopted these measures. In 1991, TINCUP II was initiated to eliminate the use of PACs (Political Action Committees) to avoid the lobbying spending limits from earlier TINCUP ordinances. Included are many clippings from local newspapers about these issues including Shirley Grindle's own public writings. Committee-wide correspondence as well as business correspondence to Shirley Grindle from local organizations, elected Orange County officials and interested supporters are also included. From the Committee there are membership lists, photos and newsletters. Shirley Grindle's extensive handwritten notes on drafts of legal reforms or records of meetings and discussions are also included.

Series Arrangement

This collection is arranged with the same folder titles and in the same order as it was received from Shirley Grindle in March, 2010.

Separation Note

The 7 publications relating to campaign reform were removed from this collection and cataloged separately in Special Collections and Archives.

box 9, folder 7-10

Clippings, 1978-1982, 1991-1992

box 9, folder 11

Expenditure codes on campaign statements, 1991-1994

box 10, folder 1

Historical trends, 1970-2000

box 10, folder 2

Address lists, 1977-1978

box 10, folder 3

Photographs and skits, 1978-1983

box 10, folder 4

TINCUP monitoring, 1978-1986

box 10, folder 5-6

TINCUP II, 1977-1993

box 10, folder 7

Legal codes, 1977-1987

box 10, folder 8

H & W issue, D. Reed, 1993-1994

box 10, folder 9

Political action committees, 1978-1979

box 11, folder 1-2

Pending issues, 1970-1990

box 11, folder 3

Santa Barbara case, 1988-1990

box 11, folder 4

Bruce Nestande case, 1985

box 11, folder 5

Orange County Fair Campaign Practices Commission, 1978-1979

box 11, folder 6

Newsletters, 1978-1979

box 11, folder 7

TINCUP ordinances for cities and counties, 1977-1992

box 11, folder 8

Correspondence, 1975-1979

Newspaper articles written by Grindle (clippings)

box 11, folder 9

Money and Politics, 2007

box 11, folder 10

$1,000 Contribution Limit is now a Casualty of War Chests, 2003

box 11, folder 11

Campaign Salvo hits a Bystander , 2001

box 11, folder 12

Keep the Parties out of Local Races , 2001

box FB-069, folder 7

Awards Series 5. 1976-2000

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Summary

This series is comprised of the official award document for each of four awards.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by the provider of the award.

box FB-069, folder 7

American Institute of Architects, Orange County Chapter 1976-2000

box FB-069, folder 7

Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award 1987

box FB-069, folder 7

Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California. Orange County Chapter 1998

box FB-069, folder 7

League of Women Voters, County of Orange 2000

box 12

Orange County Grand Jury investigation of District Attorney Rackauckas and his response Series 6. 2002

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Summary

In 2002, an Orange County Grand Jury investigated the then District Attorney Rackauckas on several allegations. This folder contains the official Grand Jury records and the District Attorney's response to the allegations.

box 12

Loose-leaf binder