McKenna (Dianne) Papers

Box 1

Speech Files Series I: 1985-1996

Physical Description: 22 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series documents McKenna's political career through her speech files, including speeches to the Teamsters, Women in Business, and the National Organization of Women, among others. She spoke on topics related to prison reform, transportation and advocacy for children, as well as the Commission on the Status of Women. McKenna's commitment to social and environmental advocacy, particularly issues related to protecting children's rights, is presented through her speaking engagements. This series also includes a very brief biographical file.

AAUW: American Association of Women
APA: American Planning Association
AWMA: American Women's Medical Association
BS: Board Of Supervisors
COC: Chamber of Commerce
CLWV: County League Of Women Voters
EWI: Executive Women International
MTC: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
NOW: National Organization for Women
PIBA: Peninsula Industry And Business Association
PRSAPC: Public Relations Society Of America Peninsula Chapter
SJ: San Jose
SJSU: San Jose State University
SJWB: San Jose Women in Business
SCC: Santa Clara County
SCU: Santa Clara University
TBD: Transit District Board
UCB: University of Berkeley
WB: Women in Business

Arrangement

This series is arranged first by subject, then by year. The bulk of this series consists of McKenna's speeches.

Box 1

Biographical File

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical File. General 1980-1995

Box 1, Folder 2

Biographical File. Press Clippings 1996-1997, 2000

Speeches

Box 1, Folder 3

Sunnyvale City Council Undated

Box 1, Folder 4

1980

ADA Conference Sunnyvale 1980

American Planning Association San Francisco 1980

Santa Clara County Council on Aging 1980

Memorial Services for Francis E. Koblein 1980

Solid Waste Conversion Facility at Lockheed Dedication 1980

Tribute to Larry Stone 1980

Sunnyvale City Council 1980

Box 1, Folder 5

1981

Sunnyvale Senior Coordinating Council 1981

Second Annual Awareness Banquet 1981

Santa Clara Valley Awareness Committee 1981

Box 1, Folder 6

1983

Mayor's Speech: "State of the City" 1983

Box 1, Folder 7

1984

"Sunnyvale" 1984

Independence Day Remarks 1984

Sunnyvale 1984

"Looking to the Future in Santa Clara Valley" Signetics Corporation 1984

Santa Clara County BS Swearing In 1984

History of Industrial Moratorium and Related Issues, Sunnyvale 1984

Box 1, Folder 8

1985

WB, Campbell 1985

Community Services Agency Speech, Mountain View 1985

Palo Alto Democratic Association, Palo Alto 1985

Teamsters Speech 1985

Mountain View Kiwanis 1985

"Women in Silicon Valley" AAUW 1985

Box 1, Folder 9

1986

"SCC: The Invisible Layer of Government" SJWB 1986

Bay Area League of Women Voters 1986

WB Cupertino 1986

WB Sunnyvale 1986

Sons in Retirement 1986

Mountain View Kiwanis 1986

WB Los Altos 1986

Box 1, Folder 10

1987 January-June.

Retired Public Employees Association, San Jose 1987

Redevelopment, SJSU Urban Politics Class 1987

Remarks to the BS 1987

"Transportation and the New Children's Shelter" Saratoga Rotary 1987

Democratic Century Club 1987

Regional Planning, Cupertino COC 1987

DeAnza College Graduation Speech, Class of 1991, Cupertino 1987

"Transportation Speech" Mountain View Democratic Club 1987

Box 1, Folder 11

1987 July-December

Politics and Health Issues, AMWA 1987

Jail Issues, Campbell Rotary 1987

Transportation, Advanced Government Finance Institute, UCB 1987

"San Jose/Santa Clara Valley is Growing Up" EWI 1987

County Government Services, SCC Young Democrats, SJSU 1987

Jail Overcrowding, Mountain View WB 1987

Box 1, Folder 12

1988

"Transit District Chair Address" TBD SCC 1988

"Golden Triangle Task Force Speech" Mayor McEnery's Class, SCU 1988

Mission City Association of Professional Mortgage Women, San Jose 1988

Transportation Demand Management Seminar 1988

T-2000 Workshop 1988

Saratoga Senior Coordinating Council 1988

Redwood School Founders Day 1988

Public Forum on Hazardous Waste Planning, Los Altos 1988

NOW, SJ 1988

Community Services Agency 1988

"SCC Transit-Linking Present to the Future" Light Rail Conference 1988

Testimony in Support of SB 2581 1988

New Children's Shelter Project, KEZR Radio Taping 1988

"Developing a Game Plan" PRSAPC 1988

Box 1, Folder 13

1989

Transit District Chair Outgoing Remarks 1989

San Jose Metropolitan COC 1989

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Retreat, UCB 1989

Leadership, Cupertino Class 1989

Young Republicans of SCC, Sunnyvale 1989

Remarks on Open Space, CLWV 1989

Remarks...on Public Education and Chemicals, PIBA Seminar 1989

Sunnyvale COC 1989

Los Altos Board of Realtors 1989

Regional Leadership Forum, SJSU Student Union 1989

"Too Much Properity: the Sequel" APA Conference, SJ 1989

Women's Transportation Seminar 1989

Box 1, Folder 14

1990

"The High Risk Child: Making a Difference" SJ 1990

Proposal for Congestion Management, SCC 1990

Sunnyvale COC 1990

Fourth Annual Real Estate Forum, SJ 1990

Congestion Management Planning Agency Proposition 111, SCC 1990

Box 1, Folder 15

1991

Chair of the BS, SCC 1991

"Ongoing Efforts on Behalf of Children" 1991

Chair's Speech to BS 1991

GSA Service Awards Ceremony 1991

"Year of the Child Awards" 1991

"The Challenge: Making Children Priority #1" 1991

Sunnyvale WB: Staying Ahead 1991

SCC Manufacturing Group 1991

SJ COC 1991

Occupational Graduation Speech Training Institute, Cupertino 1991

Staying Ahead of the Economy, Sunnyvale Rotary 1991

Strategic Vision Economy, Growth Management 1991

"Year of the Child" 1991

Box 1, Folder 16

1992

Transit District Chair Speech 1992

Sixth District PTA Spring Luncheon 1992

"Enlightened Self-Interest Speech" 1992

"Kids to Camp, Inc." 1992

Congestion Management Agency, SCC 1992

Box 1, Folder 17

1993

"The 1993-1994 State Budget Poses a Major Threat to County Health and Human Services" 1993

"A Perspective on County Government Finance" 1993

Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (SB594) 1993

Junior League of Palo Alto, Stanford 1993

Box 1, Folder 18

1994

"Introduction for Supervisor Rod Diridon" 1994

Box 1, Folder 19

1995

Chair's Speech to MTC 1995

"Arts an an Intervention for Social Ills" City Connect Arts Forum 1995

"Remarks for Leadership, Mountain View" 1995

Moving from Awareness to Implementation, SCC 1995

Comments for the Manufacturing Group 1995

Children's Policy Summit, San Mateo and Santa Clara County 1995

"State of Children" 1995

Box 1, Folder 20

1996

Chair of SCC Transportation Agency Speech 1996

Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Community Leadership 1996

Chair, Testimony, MTC California Transporation Commission Hearing 1996

Remarks for Mountain View and Los Altos Healthy Ventures 1996

"A Commitment to Youth" Sunnyvale 1996

Commission on the Status of Women, SCC 1996

Nova Awards Luncheon, SCC 1996

Box 1, Folder 21

Speeches 1996. State of County Address 1/9/96

State of the County Address by Incoming Chair, BOS (Video) 1996

Writings

Box 1, Folder 22

Writings 1980-1995

Writings

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Series II: 1986-1995

Physical Description: 6 cartons and 11 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series represents McKenna's personal administrative files, which she accumulated during her eleven years of service as a member of the SCCBS. McKenna played a key role in promoting government agency ethics, chartered redevelopment projects, children's programs, health, and transportation issues. This series is particularly rich in documenting her work in transportation and children's advocacy in the Silicon Valley. Some of the highlights include the allowance of bicycles on CalTrain, the Kids in Common collaborative, and the creation of the Children's Shelter in 1995.

BS: Board of Supervisors
BT: Board of Trustees
CS: Children's Shelter
CMA: Congestion Management Agency
DC: Department of Corrections
DPD: Department of Planning And Development
GTTF: Golden Triangle Task Force
KIC: Kids In Common
LTA: Local Transportation Authority
MTC: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
OS: Open Space
PCJPB: Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
RH: Reid-Hillview
SCC: Santa Clara County
SCCLD: Santa Clara County Library District
TD: Transit District
VMC: Valley Medical Center

Arrangement

Arranged by subject, this series consists of McKenna's administrative records from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (SCCBS), and includes reports, memoranda, press release materials, board meeting notes, and constituent correspondence. The last box consists of memorabilia related to the Children's Shelter and mounted photographs of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.

Box 2

Government

Box 2, Folder 23

Arts Council of Santa Clara County

Box 2, Folder 24

Assault Weapons Ban 1989

Box 2, Folder 25

Board of Supervisors. Special Elections undated

Box 2, Folder 26

Department of Corrections 1987-1993

Box 2, Folder 27

Department of Corrections. Public Relations and Press Materials. 1987 - 1993

Box 2, Folder 28

Department of Planning and Development. Alternative Futures 1990

Box 2, Folder 29

Ethics. Board of Supervisors. Code of Ethics 01/25/1994

Box 2, Folder 30

Ethics. Board of Supervisors. Code of Ethics. Background Documents 01/25/1994

Box 2, Folder 31

Ethics. Board of Supervisors. Code of Ethics Correspondence 01/25/1994

Box 2, Folder 32

Ethics. Board of Supervisors. Code of Ethics. Press Clippings 01/25/1994

Box 2, Folder 33

Ethics. Santa Clara County Ethics Commission 1980-1995

Box 2, Folder 34

Land Development. Gift Deed Parcels 1988-1989

Box 2, Folder 35

Open Space. Preservation 2020 Task Force 1987

Box 2, Folder 36

Open Space. Preservation 2020 Task Force. Open Space Preservation 1987

Box 2, Folder 37

Park Charter Fund 1992-1995

Box 2, Folder 38

Santa Clara County General Plan 1994

Box 2, Folder 39

Santa Clara County General Plan. Background Materials 1994

Box 2, Folder 40

Santa Clara County Library District. Restructuring 1993-1994

Box 2, Folder 41

Santa Clara County Library District. Restructuring Benefit Assessment 1993-1994

Box 2, Folder 42

Santa Clara County Library District. Restructuring Public Relations 1993-1994

Box 2, Folder 44

Santa Clara County Redevelopment 1983-1985

Box 2, Folder 44

Santa Clara County Redevelopment 1986-1994

Box 2, Folder 45

Santa Clara County Redevelopment. Nihonmachi Corporation 1990

Box 2, Folder 46

Santa Clara County Redevelopment. Redevelopment Feasibility Report for Cupertino Study Area 1992

Children's Programs

Box 2, Folder 47

Administrative Practices Improvement Project 1995

Box 2, Folder 48

Childhood Immunization Partnership for Santa Clara County 1995-1996

Box 2, Folder 49

Children and Youth Joint Conference Committee 1993/1995

Box 2, Folder 50

Children and Youth Joint Conference Committee Meeting Agendas 1994/1996

Box 2, Folder 51

Children's Budget March-May 1995

Box 2, Folder 52

Children's Budget June 1995

Box 3

Children's Programs

Box 3, Folder 53

Children's Health Issues 1991, 1995-1996

Box 3, Folder 54

Children's Report Card. Santa Clara County 1993

Box 3, Folder 55

Children's Shelter. General circa 1993-1996

Box 3, Folder 56

Children's Shelter. Board of Supervisors. Commendation 1994

Box 3, Folder 57

Children's Shelter. Board of Trustees. Meetings 1992-1995

Box 3, Folder 58

Children's Shelter. Board of Trustees. Meetings with Major Gifts Committee 1990

Box 3, Folder 59

Children's Shelter. Correspondence 1986-1995

Box 3, Folder 60

Children's Shelter. Fund circa 1989-1991

Box 3, Folder 61

Children's Shelter. Plan and Photos 1993-1995

Box 3, Folder 62

Children's Shelter. Press Relations 1994-1996

Box 3, Folder 63

Children's Welfare. Literature 1990-1995

Box 3, Folder 64

Community Youth Initiative 1992

Box 3, Folder 65

Kids Hotline 1996

Box 3, Folder 66

Kids in Common 1991-1992

Box 3, Folder 67

Kids in Common. Collaborative 1994

Box 3, Folder 68

Kids in Common. Community Collaboration for Kids Conference 1991

Box 3, Folder 69

Kids in Common. Immunization Project circa 1993-1994

Box 3, Folder 70

Kids in Common. Immunization Project Correspondence 1993

Box 3, Folder 71

Lesbian and Gay Youth Task Force Report 1994

Box 3, Folder 72

Roundtable on Families and Children 1992

Box 3, Folder 73

Safe Place Project 1996

Box 3, Folder 74

School-Linked Services 1994-1996

Box 3, Folder 75

School-Linked Services. Program Guidelines 1996

Box 3, Folder 76

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition 1992-1993

Box 3, Folder 77

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force 1989-1992

Health

Box 3, Folder 78

Valley Medical Center. General 1990-1995

Box 3, Folder 79

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects 1990-1995

Box 4

Health

Box 4, Folder 80

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. Alternatives 1992-1993

Box 4, Folder 81

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. Alternatives 1995

Box 4, Folder 82

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. Constituents Letters 1994

Box 4, Folder 83

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. Financial Analysis Summary 1994

Box 4, Folder 84

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. North Tower 1993-1995

Box 4, Folder 85

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. North Tower. Briefings 1994

Box 4, Folder 86

Valley Medical Center. Capital Construction Projects. North Tower. Workshop 1994

Box 4, Folder 87

Valley Medical Center. Health Department and Hospital Consolidation 1994

Box 4, Folder 88

Valley Medical Center. Market Analysis Reports 1994

Box 4, Folder 89

Valley Medical Center. Physician Benefits 1994

Box 4, Folder 90

Valley Medical Center. Press Clippings 1993-1994

Box 4, Folder 91

Valley Medical Center. Public/Private Partnership circa 1994

Transportation

Box 4, Folder 92

Airports. General 1989-1994

Box 4, Folder 93

Airports. Audits 1988-1990, 1994

Box 4, Folder 94

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation 1986-1990

Box 4, Folder 95

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation 1991-1993

Box 4, Folder 96

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation 1994-1996

Box 4, Folder 97

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation. Bound Reports 1993

Box 4, Folder 98

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation. Environmental Impact 1996

Box 4, Folder 99

Airports. Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation. Press Clippings 1989-1995

Box 4, Folder 100

Airports, Reid-Hillview Closure. Evaluation. Studies 1986-1991

Box 5

Transportation

Box 5, Folder 101

BART. San Francisco Airport Extension 1990-1995

Box 5, Folder 102

BART. San Francisco Airport Extension. Press Clippings 1992-1995

Box 5, Folder 103

BART. Warm Springs Extension 1990-1994

Box 5, Folder 104

CalTrain. General 1987, 1991-1994

Box 5, Folder 105

CalTrain. Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance 1992-1995

Box 5, Folder 106

CalTrain. Bicycles 1987-1994

Box 5, Folder 107

CalTrain. Billboards 1993-1995

Box 5, Folder 108

CalTrain. California Car 1992-1995

Box 5, Folder 109

CalTrain. Dumbarton Rail Bridge 1991, 1993

Box 5, Folder 110

CalTrain. Electrification 1992-1993

Box 5, Folder 111

CalTrain. Fare Structure 1992-1994

Box 5, Folder 112

CalTrain. Federal Transit Funds 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 113

CalTrain. Gilroy Extension 1990-1993

Box 5, Folder 114

CalTrain. Gilroy Extension 1994-1995

Box 5, Folder 115

CalTrain. History c. 1991

Box 5, Folder 116

CalTrain. Insurance Issues 1992-1994

Box 5, Folder 117

CalTrain. Marketing 1993

Box 5, Folder 118

CalTrain. Operators 1992

Box 5, Folder 119

CalTrain. Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board 1991-1995

Box 5, Folder 120

CalTrain. Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Agreement 1991, 1994

Box 5, Folder 121

CalTrain. Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Budgets 1992-1995

Box 5, Folder 122

CalTrain. Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Short Range Transit Plan 1994-2002

Box 5, Folder 123

CalTrain. Projects and Upgrades 1991-1995

Box 5, Folder 124

CalTrain. Reports and Studies 1974, 1987-1992

Box 5, Folder 125

CalTrain. Ridership 1994-1995

Box 5, Folder 126

CalTrain. San Francisco Downtown Extension 1989-1992

Box 5, Folder 127

CalTrain. San Francisco Downtown Extension 1993

Box 5, Folder 128

CalTrain. San Francisco Peninsula Corridor 1994-1995

Box 5, Folder 129

CalTrain. San Francisco Peninsula Corridor 1990

Box 5, Folder 130

CalTrain. San Francisco Peninsula Corridor 1991

Box 5, Folder 131

CalTrain. Schedules 1993

Box 5, Folder 132

CalTrain. Shuttle Bus Program 1992-1993

Box 5, Folder 133

CalTrain. Stations 1991-1994

Box 5, Folder 134

CalTrain. Ticket Vending Machines 1992-1993

Box 5, Folder 135

CalTrain. Train Crew Guidelines circa 1990-1995

Box 6

Transportation

Box 6, Folder 136

Congestion Management Agency. General 1992-1994

Box 6, Folder 137

Congestion Management Agency. Air Pollution Reduction. AB 434 Funds 1990-1995

Box 6, Folder 138

Congestion Management Agency. Budgets 1990-1996

Box 6, Folder 139

Congestion Management Agency. Congestion Management Program 1990-1995

Box 6, Folder 140

Congestion Management Agency. Deficiency Plans 1992-1994

Box 6, Folder 141

Congestion Management Agency. Deficiency Plans. Subregional 1993-1994

Box 6, Folder 142

Congestion Management Agency. History and Governance 1989-1994

Box 6, Folder 143

Congestion Management Agency. Joint Powers Agreement 1991

Box 6, Folder 144

Congestion Management Agency. Land Use 1991-1994

Box 6, Folder 145

Congestion Management Agency. Legislation 1989-1994

Box 6, Folder 146

Congestion Management Agency. Monitoring and Conforming Requirements 1994

Box 6, Folder 147

Congestion Management Agency. Site Design Guidelines circa 1993

Box 6, Folder 148

Congestion Management Agency. State Transportation Improvement Program circa 1993

Box 6, Folder 149

Congestion Management Agency. Level of Service 1990-1995

Box 6, Folder 150

Congestion Management Agency. Transportation Modeling 1992-1995

Box 6, Folder 151

Congestion Management Agency. Reduction Rule 1992-1994

Box 6, Folder 152

Congestion Management Agency. Trip Reduction Rule. Delegation 1992-1993

Box 6, Folder 153

Golden Triangle Task Force 1986-1993

Box 6, Folder 154

Golden Triangle Task Force. Transportation Demand Management 1986-1989

Box 6, Folder 155

Golden Triangle Task Force. Transportation Demand Management. Reports 1987-1988

Box 6, Folder 156

Local Transportation Authority. Measure A (1992). General 1992-1995

Box 6, Folder 157

Local Transportation Authority. Measure A (1992). Clippings c. 1993-1994

Box 6, Folder 158

Local Transportation Authority. Measure A (1992). Litigation 1992-1994

Box 6, Folder 159

Local Transportation Authority. Measure A (1992). Litigation 1995

Box 6, Folder 160

Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Resolution 1876 1988-1992

Box 6, Folder 161

Transit District. General 1980 -

Box 6, Folder 162

Transit District-Congestion Management Agency Merger 1992-1993

Box 7

Transportation

Box 7, Folder 163

Transit District-Congestion Management Agency Merger 1994-1995

Box 7, Folder 164

Transit District-Congestion Management Agency Merger. AB 2442 1994

Box 7, Folder 165

Transit District-Congestion Management Agency Merger. Press Clippings c. 1993-1994

Box 7, Folder 166

Transit District. Joint Powers Agreement 1994

Box 8

Memorabilia circa 1990

Box 8

Children's Shelter T-Shirt

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_9568e36e14632aabd38859a27c685c6b

Portrait of Dianne McKenna

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_115172c7c656c310bbfa627cbe2ae885

Photograph of Board of Supervisors

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_279e461d8c911c7604ab615e407ba87d

Children's Shelter Lunchbox

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_d5cf2dcb4bfd82251fbad32244793378

Children's Shelter Star Placard

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_d4e574d9b1776ffc35ea8ac4cca3eb46

Photographs of Children's Shelter & Dianne McKenna

Box 8, Item data_value_missing_35d8f3345da6271d95e7558adf21e3d3

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