Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records.
1963-2002.
Finding aid prepared by Emily Coxe and Erin Hurley with supervision by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2015 June; machine-readable finding
aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2016 July.
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Title: Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 813
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 linear ft.
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1963-2002
Abstract: Record Series 813 contains the collected records of the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association, covering a period from
the early seventies to 2002. Included are environmental impact reports and development plans created by UCLA throughout this
time, as well as correspondence, organizational materials, and newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Westwood Hills Property Owners Association.
Access
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Publication rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA
University Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
Copyright of this record series is held by Westwood Hills Property Owners Association.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records (University Archives Record Series 813). UCLA
Library Special Collections, University Archives.
Historical note
Established in 1958, the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association (WHPOA) is a volunteer neighborhood organization which
has been dedicated to protecting homeowners' interests in and around Westwood, monitoring such issues as housing, noise, transportation,
and local business.
Scope and Contents note
Record Series 813 represents the files of the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association from roughly 1975 to 2002, as collected
by its then president, Harriet Miller. The Westwood Hills Property Owners Association lobbied against UCLA’s construction
of several new facilities, including residence halls and an athletic complex. In 1977, Miller and the WHPOA sued the UC Regents
over their plan to construct a new residence hall against the wishes of the Association. They were also active in efforts
to stop construction of an $84 million retail-theater complex in Westwood Village during the mid-nineties by real estate developer
Ira Smedra. The contents of this collection comprise notes, clippings, correspondence, and other organizational materials
of the WHPOA, as well as numerous environmental impact reports, studies, and plans created by UCLA and then passed on to WHPOA
for review.
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged chronologically in four series – 1. studies and reports, 2. development plans, 3. correspondence, and
4. clippings and organizational materials.
Within each series, materials are organized chronologically and according to material type at the file level, except for series
1.2 – “Environmental impact reports/assessments” and series 2.1 – “Long-range development plans” - which are organized at
the item level.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Miller, Harriet
Smedra, Ira
University of California, Los Angeles.
Young, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1931-
College students--Housing--United States
Communication in community development
Environmental impact statements--California
Environmental policy – Citizen participation
Land use--United States--Planning
Real estate development
University of California, Los Angeles--Admistration
University of California, Los Angeles--Buildings
Studies and reports 1.
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Series contains environmental impact reports authored by UCLA throughout a 30-year period of campus development planning,
the bulk of which were produced around the late 1970s/early 1980s and later around the year 2000. Also included are research
materials compiled, authored, and commissioned by the university in the process of creating environmental impact reports.
Studies, reports, and analyses 1.1
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Includes internally and externally prepared research and studies related to the development of various UCLA facilities.
Box 1, Folder 4
Student housing reports.
1975
Box 4, Folder 5
Westwood housing, transportation studies.
1979
Box 4, Folder 6
County Assessor's Office reports.
1979
Box 8, Folder 4
Studies & reports on campus structures.
1999
Environmental impact reports 1.2
Scope and Contents note
Contains UCLA-compiled environmental impact reports for campus development, beginning in 1975 and continuing through the year
2000.
Box 4, Folder 2
Environmental impact assessment: Schoenberg Hall addition.
1976
Box 3, Folder 2
Environmental impact assessment: UCLA stack parking operation.
1977
Box 4, Folder 4
Environmental impact report (draft): UCLA oil & gas program.
1981
Box 5, Folder 2
Environmental impact report: UCLA long range development plan.
1983
Box 6, Folder 1
Environmental impact report: Northwest Campus development.
1988
Box 6, Folder 5
Environmental impact report: Molecular Neuroscience facility.
1996
Box 6, Folder 4
Environmental impact report: Parking Structure 4 expansion.
1996
Box 6, Folder 6
Environmental impact report: Parking Structure 4 expansion, Vol II (Janss Plaza).
1997
Box 9, Folder 1
Environmental impact report: University Village, Vol II.
2000
Box 9, Folder 3
Environmental impact report: Physics & Astronomy .
2000
Box 9, Folder 2
Environmental impact report: Luck Research Center.
2000
Box 8, Folder 5
Environmental impact report: University Village.
2000
Box 10, Folder 1, 2, 3
Environmental impact report: Academic health facilities.
2000
Development plans 2.
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Represented in this series are UCLA campus development plans from as early as 1963, continuing through 2000, as well as several
drafts and note files involved in plan creation.
Long range development plans 2.1
Scope and Contents note
Contains development plans created by UCLA between 1963 and 2000 for a number of campus facilities, including but not limited
to residential housing, parking, and library facilities.
Box 1, Folder 1
Long range development plan.
1963
Box 3, Folder 1
Long range development plan.
1977
Box 3, Folder 1
UC Libraries development plan.
1977
Box 5, Folder 2
Environmental impact report: Long range development plan.
1983
Box 5, Folder 3
Long range development plan: Northwest campus student housing planning guide.
1987
Box 6, Folder 3
Long range development plan: Public review draft.
1990
Drafts and preliminary notes 2.1
Scope and Contents note
Included are notes and materials related to the creation of development plans, including several drafts.
Box 5, Folder 1
Long range development plan, notes and drafts.
1981
Box 5, Folder 3
Northwest Campus Development Plan: Student Housing planning guides.
1987
Correspondence 3.
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Series contains correspondence created throughout several periods of conflict between UCLA and the Westwood Hills Property
Owners Association over campus development, including letters to and from university chancellor Charles E. Young and legal
documents pertaining to motions made against UCLA.
Organizational correspondence 3.1
Scope and Contents note
Contents include correspondence between the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association and UCLA administration throughout
the seventies, eighties, and nineties; letters to and from Westwood Community Planning Council president Richard D. Agay;
and correspondence between community members and politicians. Please note that some relevant correspondence may also be contained
in Series 4 folders, which contain mixed materials.
Box 3, Folder 4
UC Regents minutes, assorted correspondence.
1977-1978
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 7
Westside Community Planning Council, President Richard D. Agay letters.
1979-1980
Legal correspondence 3.2
Scope and Contents note
File contains various record of legal correspondence and hearings between UCLA and the greater Westwood community.
Box 1, Folder 5
Public hearing transcript regarding residential suite complex.
1976
Box 2, Folder 5
Westwood Hills Property Owners vs. UCLA.
1977
Box 4, Folder 3
Legal correspondence.
1978-1979
Clippings and organizational materials 4.
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Contents include the organizational files of the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association president Harriet Miller, which
contain newspaper clippings, notes, flyers, and administrative content collected over the course of her involvement with the
association. In particular, contents are focused on development in Westwood and at UCLA.
UCLA mixed notes and clippings 4.1
Scope and Contents note
Materials collected and created by Harriet Miller, former president of Westwood Hills Property Owners Association, regarding
UCLA campus development throughout the period of her presidency. Folders contain a mixture of handwritten notes, news clippings,
correspondence and ephemera.
Box 1, Folder 2
Baseball field materials.
1972-1975
Box 9, Folder 4
Cultural programming materials.
2000-2002
Westwood development materials 4.2
Scope and Contents note
Materials collected by Harriet Miller regarding development projects in Westwood Village, notably developer Ira Smedra's Westwood
Village Center project in the mid-1990s. Folders contain a mixture of handwritten notes, news clippings, correspondence and
ephemera.
Box 6, Folder 2
Westwood "Pre '89" material.
1989
Box 8, Folder 1, 2, Box 7, Folder 4, Box 7, Folder 1
Westwood Village Center material.
1996-1998
Box 7, Folder 3
Westwood Village Center proposed maps.
1997
Box 8, Folder 3
"Duet" nightclub material.
1998
