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Santa Clara County Planning Department papers
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers
Identifier/Call Number: M1387
Physical Description:
13 Linear Feet
(9 rsbs, 7 manuscript boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1929-1983, bulk 1970s
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
EIRs are arranged alphabetically by county and city.
The Santa Clara County Planning Office is responsible for managing planning studies related to the county, reviewing development
project proposals, zoning enforcement, and providing information on land use and demographic trends.
--From the website for the Department of Planning and Development of Santa Clara County, 2022.
The Santa Clara Valley was a major source of fruit production starting in the 1870s. However, since the 1960s, it has undergone
significant urbanization, transitioning from fruit production to high technology. This region, encompassing the southern part
of the San Francisco Bay Area, became known as Silicon Valley, for the importance of silicon in the hardware upon which much
of the industry is built.
[identification of item], Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers (M1387). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Stanford Libraries also houses the Land use and planning documents, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (M0912).
This collection contains of reports and publications from the Santa Clara County Planning Department. It is primarily composed
of environmental impact reports (EIRs) dating from the 1970s-1980s, with a smaller amount of published materials on other
aspects of demography, land use, zoning, and development. The materials are mostly concerned with the area within Santa Clara
County, with additional reports for the larger Santa Clara Valley and other California locations such as Los Angeles. There
is one EIR for New Castle County, Delaware. The collection came with a card index which appears to correspond with the EIRs.
The collection also contains a number of aerial views of the county from 1970.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
Environmental impact analysis.
Land use -- Planning -- Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Santa Clara County (Calif.) -- History.
Silicon Valley