Guide to the Shirley Grindle Papers MS.R.084
Audrey Pearson and Carole McEwan, 2011; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2021.
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Title: Shirley Grindle papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.084
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(12 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
Date (inclusive): 1956-2005
Date (bulk): 1974-2000
Abstract: This collection comprises the papers of
Shirley Grindle, an environmental and political activist, self-proclaimed "watch-dog" for
Orange County campaign ethics, and former Orange County (California) Planning Commissioner
(1973-1977). The papers include records of the Orange County Planning Commission from her
time as a commissioner, index cards she used to track campaign donations and monitor
compliance with the Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics (TIN CUP) ordinance, her TIN CUP files
and subject files reflecting her involvement in the preservation of open spaces in Orange
County. The papers include index cards, environmental impact reports, maps, reports,
correspondence, agendas, memoranda, notes, clippings, minutes, ephemera, legal documents,
and photographs.
Language of Material:
English .
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Shirley Grindle papers. MS-R084. 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
Gift of Shirley Grindle, 2001-2006, 2010.
Accruals
Accruals are expected.
Processing History
Processed by Audrey Pearson, 2007, and Carole McEwan, 2010.
Historical Background
Environmental and political activist Shirley Grindle served as a member of the Orange
County Planning Commission from January 1973 to January 1977 and subsequently became a vocal
advocate for the preservation of open spaces and campaign finance reform in Orange County,
California. Grindle has also acted as a self-proclaimed "watch-dog" for campaign ethics in
Orange County since 1977.
A Nebraska native raised in Long Beach, California, Grindle obtained her degree in
aeronautical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was the only
female engineering student in her graduating class. She worked as an aeronautical engineer,
and pioneered the development of the hyperthermal plasma arc wind tunnel to simulate
re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. Grindle conducted thousands of re-entry tests on
candidate nose cone materials to ascertain their ability to safely return a man from outer
space. When the need for new re-entry materials ceased, Grindle retired to run a
construction engineering firm with her brother, conducting off-site grading and installation
of storm drains, sidewalks, paving, etc. In the mid 1960s a prominent sand and gravel mining
company had attempted to re-zone property near Grindle's residence to allow the digging of
another 70-acre gravel pit. Grindle organized local homeowners associations and successfully
blocked the re-zoning after an 8-year battle. Grindle's accomplishments brought her to the
attention of County Supervisor Ralph Clark, who appointed her to the Orange County Planning
Commission in January 1973.
Grindle served as an Orange County Planning Commissioner for the Fourth District from 1973
through 1976. The Commission is made up of five commissioners appointed by the Orange County
Board of Supervisors, each representing one district of the county. Commissioners review
Orange County General Plan amendments, zoning changes, conditional use permits, variances,
and revocation proceedings. The Commission holds regular and special meetings to discuss
issues such as road realignments, city zone changes, regional parks, future housing tracks,
flood control, and land grading. Commissioners vote to determine whether or not to approve
requests. Decisions are largely based on environmental impact reports and statements and the
recommendation of the County Planning Department staff. The Planning Commission then makes
its recommendations to the Orange County Board of Supervisors who have final approval
authority on most issues. During her term, Grindle was specifically charged with resolving
the development issues associated with Orange Park Acres -- a large rural county island in
Clark's Fourth District.
After resigning from the Planning Commission in January 1977, Grindle went to work for an
environmental firm and wrote environmental impact reports associated with military projects.
In 1981 Grindle retired from Ultrasystems, Inc., and has since dedicated herself full-time
to political and environmental activism.
In 1977 after leaving the Planning Commission, Grindle authored a campaign finance
ordinance known as TIN CUP (standing for Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics). Grindle led the
county-wide initiative that collected in excess of 100,000 signatures to qualify the
ordinance for the ballot. She requested the Board of Supervisors to adopt the ordinance
since it was likely to pass if put on the ballot. They did so and the TIN CUP ordinance
became effective December 8, 1978. It limited contributions initially to $1,000 per election
cycle; by 1992 the limit increased to just over $2,000 due to cost of living increases.
In 1992 Grindle amended the TIN CUP ordinance and asked the Board of Supervisors to place
it on the ballot. The amended ordinance (TIN CUP II) was passed by 85% of the vote and went
into effect in June 1992. Grindle also wrote an ordinance with the Board of Supervisors in
1993 that prohibited county employees, including appointed and elected officials, from
receiving gifts from anyone who had done business with the county in the last 12 months.
Also in 1993, she helped write a code of ethics that banned county officials and former
employees from lobbying the county for one year after leaving their positions.
After TIN CUP went into effect in 1978, Grindle carefully maintained index cards on which
she recorded every campaign contribution made to candidates running for county office. This
allowed her to discover and track possible violations. When she found violations, she
contacted the candidate and his or her treasurer to seek corrective action of the
violations. In virtually all cases, voluntary compliance was achieved once the violation was
brought to the candidate or treasurer's attention.
Grindle has also worked for over 20 years to help establish permanent open spaces in Orange
County, including the El Modena Hills in East Orange, now included as part of Santiago Oaks
Regional Park, and the 526-acre Barham Ranch which was also subsequently added to Santiago
Oaks Regional Park.
Grindle began work in 1970 to preserve as open space a parcel of land east of the City of
Orange, known as Jones Ranch. Jones Ranch includes the lava-rock outcroppings of the El
Modena Hills. By 1972 Jones Ranch was offered for sale for eventual residential development.
Grindle, acting as Planning Commissioner, established a committee comprised of the
developer, the land owner, representatives of nearby neighborhoods, and the city and county
governments to devise a plan of development for the East Orange area. The compromise plan
was adopted in 1976 and preserved 110 acres of Jones Ranch, which included the El Modena
Hills primary ridgeline and slope, in exchange for increased density on the rest of Jones
Ranch. In 1978 a developer requested an amendment to allow development in the open space. In
response to this new threat, in 1979 Grindle formed the non-profit "East Orange Open Space
Management Corporation" to accept title and responsibility for the open space. During the
1980s the Jones Ranch was sold to a series of developers. In 1989 the El Modena Hills were
finally deeded to the County of Orange as part of Santiago Oaks Regional Park. Grindle then
contacted the Los Tesoros Homeowners Association, which held 32 acres adjoining the open
space, and convinced them to dedicate the land to the Santiago Oaks Regional Park.
Barham Ranch is a 526-acre wilderness park that was jointly owned by the Serrano Water
District and the Orange Unified School District. The Ranch was acquired in the 1880s for
water rights and a dam site by Carpenter Irrigation District and Serrano Irrigation District
(now the Serrano Water District). In the 1970s Carpenter Irrigation District sold its
undivided 50% interest to the Orange Unified School District with a written agreement that
Barham Ranch was to be used for "general public benefit and educational purposes." By 1999
however, the Serrano Water District entered into an agreement with a private developer
(SunCal Companies) to sell their undivided 50% interest in Barham Ranch so that SunCal could
build 600 homes on it. After much public outcry and pressure from Prange Park Acres and the
Save Barham Ranch group (comprised of Marilyn Ganahl, Theresa Sears and Shirley Grindle),
the Serrano Water District sold its half interest to the Orange Unified School District for
$2.4 million in (January 2000). Subsequently, after much negotiation with members of the
Orange Unified School District Board of Trustees, the County Board of Supervisors bought
Barham Ranch for $4.2 million on August 27, 2002, thereby connecting Irvine Regional Park
with Santiago Oaks and Weir Canyon Regional Parks for a total of 1,550 acres of protected
open space.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the papers of Shirley Grindle, former Orange County Planning
Commissioner, author of Orange County's Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics (TIN CUP) ordinance,
and environmental and political activist. The materials include her files as a planning
commissioner (1973-1978), the index cards she used to track campaign donations and monitor
compliance with TIN CUP (1978-1990), her TIN CUP files and subject files reflecting her
involvement in the preservation of open spaces in Orange County (1970-2005). Her papers
include index cards, environmental impact reports, maps, reports, correspondence, agendas,
memoranda, notes, clippings, minutes, ephemera, and legal documents. Also included are a few
photographs related to Grindle's environmental efforts.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 6 series.
- Series 1. Orange County Planning Commission files, 1971-1978. 2.5 linear feet
- Series 2. Environmental activism files, 1956-2005. 1.5 linear feet
- Series 3. Campaign finance reform index cards, 1978-1990. 0.8 linear feet
- Series 4. TINCUP files, 1970-2007. 1.0 linear feet
- Series 5. Awards,1976-2008. 0.1 linear feet
- Series 6. Orange County Grand Jury investigation of District Attorney, 2002. 0.2
linear feet
Separation Note
Several newsletters and magazines were removed from this collection and cataloged
separately in Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Topographic maps -- California -- Orange County -- 20th
century.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 21st century.
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County -- 20th
century.
Environmental impact statements -- California -- Orange County -- 20th
century.
Ephemera -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Regional planning -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources.
Open spaces -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources.
Environmental protection -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources.
Campaign funds -- California -- Orange County -- 20th
century.
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.
box 1, folder 1
Nellie Gail Ranch program, report, and other materials
1974
box 1, folder 2
Anaheim Hills tentative tract 8533: environmental impact report and
correspondence
1975-1976
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
box 1, folder 20
Del Obispo property use permit 3613: environmental impact report,
memoranda, and other materials
1975
box 1, folder 21-22
Road realignment: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other
materials
1975-1976
box 1, folder 23
Zone change no. ZC 75-12: environmental impact report, reports, and
correspondence
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
box 1, folder 25
Camel Point Drive use permit 3863: Environmental Management Agency reports,
memoranda, and other materials
1976
box 1, folder 26
Hobo Canyon position report
1974
box 1, folder 27
Flood control: correspondence, memoranda, and other materials
1976
box 1, folder 28
Flood control: environmental impact report
1975
box 1, folder 29
Mathis Ranch tentative tract 8962: environmental impact report,
correspondence, and other materials
1976
folder XOS 3, folder XOS 4
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
box 1, folder 33
Commercial recreation center, use permit 3878: environmental impact report,
reports, and other materials
1976
box 1, folder 34
Planned community tentative tract 7509: meeting minutes
1973
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
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
box 2, folder 3
General Plan for Rancho Serrano
1974
box 2, folder 4
Application for use permit
1976
box 2, folder 5
El Toro Road tentative tract 5278: reports, memoranda, and other
materials
1975-1976
box 2, folder 6-7
Environmental Impact Report and Project Report for Irvine Coastal Community
General Plan Amendment
1976
box 2, folder 8
Change of zone case no. ZC 74-47 and ZC 74-48: reports, memoranda, and
other materials
1975
box 2, folder 9
Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 9177: report,
correspondence, and other materials
1976
box 2, folder 10
Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 6137: report,
correspondence, and other materials
1976
box 2, folder 11
Saddleback Motorcycle Park: environmental impact reports, correspondence,
and other materials
1973-1974
box 2, folder 12
Santiago Boulevard and Bond Avenue tentative tract 8348: reports,
memoranda, and other materials
1974
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
box 2, folder 20
Report on cultural/scientific resources
1976
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
box 2, folder 26-27
Charter Point tentative tract 5794: environmental impact report,
correspondence, and other materials
1974
box 2, folder 28
East Lemon Heights Drive tentative tract 8622: report
1976
box 2, folder 29
Greenwald Lane tentative tract 9115: report
1976
box 2, folder 30
Intersection design of Hinton Way at Crawford Canyon Road tract 6208:
reports, correspondence, and other materials
1975-1976
box 2, folder 31
La Vereda Reservoir: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other
materials
1973
box 2, folder 32
Lower Lake Drive and Bent Tree Lane tentative tract 9271: report,
correspondence, and other materials
1976
box 2, folder 33
Old Foothill Boulevard tentative tract 8616: environmental impact report,
correspondence, and other materials
1974-1975
box 3, folder 1
Peacock Hill Planned Community tentative tract 9389: report
1976
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
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
box 3, folder 7
Tustin Hills Racquet Club use permit 3618: environmental impact report, use
permits, and other materials
1974-1975
box 3, folder 8
Silverado Springs Recreation Ranch use permit 3612: environmental impact
report, correspondence, and other materials
1975
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
box 3, folder 9
General Plan Amendment: minutes, reports, and other materials
1974
box 3, folder 12
Laurinda Way and 17th Street use permit 3672: reports, correspondence, and
other materials
1975
box 3, folder 13-14
Newport Avenue and La Colina Drive tentative tract 8108: environmental
impact report, reports, and other materials
1971-1975
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 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 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 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.
box 3, folder 41
The Bulletin
1979 January
box 3, folder 43
Yorba Linda Lakebed Assoc.
1979 October
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
box 3, folder 47
City Council meeting transcript regarding Jones Ranch
1978
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.
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 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 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 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 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 3
Photographs and skits,
1978-1983
box 10, folder 4
TINCUP monitoring,
1978-1986
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 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 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.
