Guide to the Santa Clara County Planning Department papers M1387
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2022
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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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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Arrangement
EIRs are arranged alphabetically by county and city.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers (M1387). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Related Materials
Stanford Libraries also houses the Land use and planning documents, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (M0912).
Scope and Contents
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.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Series 1. Environmental Impact Reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
New Castle County, Delaware
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Alameda County
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Contra Costa County
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Merced County
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Napa County
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Orange County
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
San Benito County
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
San Joaquin County
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
General Plan for San Joaquin County
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
San Mateo County
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 1
San Mateo County
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Santa Clara County
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 2-3
Santa Clara County
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
Santa Clara County subdivision reports
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
City of Angels
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Cupertino
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
Cupertino
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Fairfield
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Gilroy
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Gilroy
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Los Angeles
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Los Gatos
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Menlo Park
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Milpitas
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 4
Milpitas
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
Morgan Hill
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 5
Morgan Hill
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
Mountain View
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
Palo Alto
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
Palo Alto environmental impact report for the zoning map
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
Redwood City
Language of Material: English.
Box 4
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 5
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 6
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 7
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 8
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 6-10
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 1-5
San Jose
Language of Material: English.
Box 8
San Mateo
Language of Material: English.
Box 8
San Pablo
Language of Material: English.
Box 8
Santa Clara
Language of Material: English.
Box 9
Santa Clara
Language of Material: English.
Box 13
Santa Clara - Report on General Plan
Language of Material: English.
Box 9
Saratoga
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 6
Saratoga
Language of Material: English.
Box 9
Stockton
Language of Material: English.
Box 9
Sunnyvale
Language of Material: English.
Box 14
Card index
Language of Material: English.
General
In order by census tract number.
Box 15
Card index
Language of Material: English.
General
Ordered by census tract number. Also contains unnumbered cards, mostly outside of Santa Clara County.
Series 2. Monographs
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 1
Calero of Santa Clara County, California
1958
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 2
Agriculture, Population Increase, and Water Problems in San Mateo County
1956
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 3
An Analysis of Demographic Change, Franklin-McKinley School District
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 4
Population and Housing Data for Awalt, Los Altos, Mountain View High School Attendance Areas of the Mountain View-Los Altos
High School District
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 5
Fresno Clovis Metropolitcan Area Population & Land Use Study
1977
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 6
Planning a Metropolitcan Area and Its Relationship to Agricultural Zoning
1964
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 7
Community Profile: A Comprensive Base for Educational Planning
1975
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 8
Market Survey for a Neighborhood Shopping Center, Southeast Corner Fremong and Mary Avenues, Sunnyvale
1963
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 9
Suburban Commercial Districts
1955
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 10
Market Analysis: Proposed King's Court Shopping Center, Blossom Hill Road and San Jose-Los Gatos Road
1959
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 11
California Legislation Governing Municipal Incorporation: A Criticism and Suggested New Policies
1960
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, volume 12
Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Bay, Harold Gilliam
1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, volume 1
Adapting Government to Regional Needs
1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 2
California's Large-Scale Facility Problem: A Review of the Situation in Santa Clara and San Diego Counties
1981
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 3
Historic Ground Failures in Northern California Associated with Earthquakes
1978
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 4
Flatland Deposits: Their Geology and Engineering Properties and their Importance to Comprehensive Planning
1979
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 5
Physical Hazards & Land Use: A Search for Reason
1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 6
A Symposium on Social Impact Assessment and Human Services Planning
1978
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 7
Mexican American, Black and Other Graduates and Dropouts
1973
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 8
Mass Transportation by Ferry-Bats in Bay Regions
1958
Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 9
Proceedings of SRI Urban Transportation Alternatives Symposium
1964
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 1
East Palo Alto-East Menlo Park 701 Comprehensive Planning Program
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 2
Planning for Airport Access
1978
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 3
SCC LAFCO policy papers
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 4
SCC Local Agency Formation Commission guidelines
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 5
County of Los Angeles Regional Plan of Highways Section 2-E San Gabriel Valley
1929
Language of Material: English.
Box 18, volume 6-7
County of Los Angeles Regional Plan of Highways
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
Energy Basis for Man and Nature
1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
Environment, Power, and Society
1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
Housing and Society, by Glenn H. Beyer (1965)
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
California and Federal Lower Income Housing Laws: A Compilation and Analysis
1978
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
Alternative Techniques for Controlling Land Use: A Guide for Small Cities and Rural Areas in California
1983
Language of Material: English.
Series 3. Aerial photographs of Santa Clara County
Language of Material: English.
map-folder 33
159; 165-170 w/ dupl. 166
map-folder 28
240-242; 248-252 w/ dupl. 252
