Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
History
Chronology
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Orange County environmental issues, land use, and planning collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.065
Physical Description:
2.9 Linear Feet
(5 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1919-1973
Date (bulk): 1960-1970
Abstract: The collection consists of
correspondence, reports, court documents, minutes, photographs, and newspaper clippings
documenting three major environmental and political issues in Orange County, California, in
the 1960s: agricultural preserves, beach erosion, and redistricting. Primary creators and
collectors of the documents include the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange
County Planning Commission. Documents illustrate political positions, public opinion, and
law on land conservation and land use. Aerial photographs depict Pacific coastline erosion,
and maps illustrate districting plans.
General Physical Description note: 2.9 linear feet
Language of Material:
English .
Access
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
Orange County Environmental Issues, Land Use, and Planning Collection. MS-R65. 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
Various officials from the Orange County Board of Supervisors donated records and
publications to the UCI Libraries in the late 1970's. Most publications were cataloged in
the Government Information Department; the present group of records was placed in the
Department of Special Collections to receive archival handling.
Processing History
Processed by Laura Clark Brown in 1998.
History
Orange County, California is located on Southern California's Pacific coast between Los
Angeles and San Diego Counties. The county was formally established in 1889 when the
southern portion of Los Angeles County separated to become Orange County. The City of Santa
Ana is the county seat, and Orange County is governed by a Board of Supervisors comprised of
five elected officials, representing regional constituencies.
Orange County was heavily agricultural prior to its inception and until the 1960s. Oranges
were the primary cash crop, and other crops included lemons, lima beans, tomatoes, walnuts,
peppers and beets. From the 1950s through the 1980s, Orange County experienced massive land
development, urbanization, and a significant population increase. The completion of a
network of freeways contributed to these phenomena, and the land development and the growth
of new towns and cities diminished many of the orange groves and open fields of Orange
County.
Excessive development and overpopulation are long-standing, major issues in Orange County,
and both coastal and environmental issues associated with development have played a major
role in local politics and public policy, particularly in the post-World War II era
Chronology
Missing Title
1933 |
Orange County Harbor District established under the Harbor Improvements District
Act.
|
1963 |
Orange County Board of Supervisors authorized participation in the Federal Beach
Erosion Control Project.
|
1963 |
Local Agency Formation Commission organized. |
1964 |
Phase 1 of Federal Beach Erosion Control Project. |
1965 |
California Land Conservation Act of 1965, also known as the Williamson
Act.
|
1966 |
California State Constitution amended, giving the legislature power to enact laws
pertaining to open space.
|
1967 |
California State Constitution amended to provide special tax privileges to
preserve land for "the production of food and fiber ..."
|
1967 |
UCI-Project 21 Study Team on Coordination of Urban Planning organized. |
1967 |
Phase 2 of Federal Beach Erosion Control Project. |
1968 |
Proposal for the dissolution of the Harbor District and replacement by a County
Department of Harbors, Beaches and Parks.
|
1968 |
General and special district elections in Orange County. |
1968 |
County Assessor Andrew J. Hinshaw presented findings on double taxation to the
Local Agency Formation Commission.
|
1969 |
Irvine Ranch and Rancho Mission Viejo agricultural preserves proposed and
approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
|
1971 |
Following the 1970 census, Orange County reapportioned the supervisorial
districts.
|
1972 |
California Coastal Zone Conservation Act. |
1973 |
California legislature mandated open space and conservation elements in local
general plans.
|
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, court documents, minutes, photographs,
and newspaper clippings documenting three major environmental and political issues in Orange
County, California, in the 1960s: agricultural preserves, beach erosion and redistricting.
Primary creators and collectors of the documents include the Orange County Board of
Supervisors and the Orange County Planning Commission. Documents illustrate political
positions, public opinion, and law on land conservation and land use. Aerial photographs
depict Pacific coastline erosion, and maps illustrate districting plans.
The collection is organized in three subject series: Agricultural Preserves; Beach Erosion;
and Special Districts, Redistricting and Planning. Material were originally in three large
binders with similar titles and presumably comprised research materials compiled by or for
one or more members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Original order of the
materials was retained, and it has no discernible logic.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Environmental policy -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Agriculture and politics -- California -- Orange County.
Agriculture -- California -- Orange County.
California -- California Land Conservation Act of 1965.
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County.
Maps -- California -- Orange County.
Shore protection -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Beach erosion -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Regional planning -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Land use -- Law and legislation -- California -- Orange
County
Land use -- Environmental Aspects -- California -- Orange
County
Environmental protection -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources