Guide to the Shirley Grindle Papers
MS.R.084
Finding aid prepared by Audrey Pearson and Carole McEwan.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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© 2011
Title: Shirley Grindle papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.084
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
(12 boxes and 12 oversized folders)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1974-2000
Date (inclusive): 1956-2005
Abstract: This collection comprises the papers of Shirley Grindle, an environmental and political activist, self-proclaimed "watch-dog"
for Orange County campaign ethics, and former Orange County (California) Planning Commissioner (1973-1977). The papers include
records of the Orange County Planning Commission from her time as a commissioner, index cards she used to track campaign donations
and monitor compliance with the Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics (TIN CUP) ordinance, her TIN CUP files and subject files reflecting
her involvement in the preservation of open spaces in Orange County. The papers include index cards, environmental impact
reports, maps, reports, correspondence, agendas, memoranda, notes, clippings, minutes, ephemera, legal documents, and photographs.
Creator:
Grindle, Shirley
Access
The 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
Shirley Grindle papers. MS-R084. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Shirley Grindle, 2001-2006, 2010.
Accruals
Accruals are expected.
Processing History
Processed by Audrey Pearson, 2007, and Carole McEwan, 2010.
Historical Background
Environmental and political activist Shirley Grindle served as a member of the Orange County Planning Commission from January
1973 to January 1977 and subsequently became a vocal advocate for the preservation of open spaces and campaign finance reform
in Orange County, California. Grindle has also acted as a self-proclaimed "watch-dog" for campaign ethics in Orange County
since 1977.
A Nebraska native raised in Long Beach, California, Grindle obtained her degree in aeronautical engineering from the University
of California, Los Angeles, and was the only female engineering student in her graduating class. She worked as an aeronautical
engineer, and pioneered the development of the hyperthermal plasma arc wind tunnel to simulate re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
Grindle conducted thousands of re-entry tests on candidate nose cone materials to ascertain their ability to safely return
a man from outer space. When the need for new re-entry materials ceased, Grindle retired to run a construction engineering
firm with her brother, conducting off-site grading and installation of storm drains, sidewalks, paving, etc. In the mid 1960s
a prominent sand and gravel mining company had attempted to re-zone property near Grindle's residence to allow the digging
of another 70-acre gravel pit. Grindle organized local homeowners associations and successfully blocked the re-zoning after
an 8-year battle. Grindle's accomplishments brought her to the attention of County Supervisor Ralph Clark, who appointed her
to the Orange County Planning Commission in January 1973.
Grindle served as an Orange County Planning Commissioner for the Fourth District from 1973 through 1976. The Commission is
made up of five commissioners appointed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, each representing one district of the county.
Commissioners review Orange County General Plan amendments, zoning changes, conditional use permits, variances, and revocation
proceedings. The Commission holds regular and special meetings to discuss issues such as road realignments, city zone changes,
regional parks, future housing tracks, flood control, and land grading. Commissioners vote to determine whether or not to
approve requests. Decisions are largely based on environmental impact reports and statements and the recommendation of the
County Planning Department staff. The Planning Commission then makes its recommendations to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
who have final approval authority on most issues. During her term, Grindle was specifically charged with resolving the development
issues associated with Orange Park Acres -- a large rural county island in Clark's Fourth District.
After resigning from the Planning Commission in January 1977, Grindle went to work for an environmental firm and wrote environmental
impact reports associated with military projects. In 1981 Grindle retired from Ultrasystems, Inc., and has since dedicated
herself full-time to political and environmental activism.
In 1977 after leaving the Planning Commission, Grindle authored a campaign finance ordinance known as TIN CUP (standing for
Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics). Grindle led the county-wide initiative that collected in excess of 100,000 signatures to
qualify the ordinance for the ballot. She requested the Board of Supervisors to adopt the ordinance since it was likely to
pass if put on the ballot. They did so and the TIN CUP ordinance became effective December 8, 1978. It limited contributions
initially to $1,000 per election cycle; by 1992 the limit increased to just over $2,000 due to cost of living increases.
In 1992 Grindle amended the TIN CUP ordinance and asked the Board of Supervisors to place it on the ballot. The amended ordinance
(TIN CUP II) was passed by 85% of the vote and went into effect in June 1992. Grindle also wrote an ordinance with the Board
of Supervisors in 1993 that prohibited county employees, including appointed and elected officials, from receiving gifts from
anyone who had done business with the county in the last 12 months. Also in 1993, she helped write a code of ethics that banned
county officials and former employees from lobbying the county for one year after leaving their positions.
After TIN CUP went into effect in 1978, Grindle carefully maintained index cards on which she recorded every campaign contribution
made to candidates running for county office. This allowed her to discover and track possible violations. When she found violations,
she contacted the candidate and his or her treasurer to seek corrective action of the violations. In virtually all cases,
voluntary compliance was achieved once the violation was brought to the candidate or treasurer's attention.
Grindle has also worked for over 20 years to help establish permanent open spaces in Orange County, including the El Modena
Hills in East Orange, now included as part of Santiago Oaks Regional Park, and the 526-acre Barham Ranch which was also subsequently
added to Santiago Oaks Regional Park.
Grindle began work in 1970 to preserve as open space a parcel of land east of the City of Orange, known as Jones Ranch. Jones
Ranch includes the lava-rock outcroppings of the El Modena Hills. By 1972 Jones Ranch was offered for sale for eventual residential
development. Grindle, acting as Planning Commissioner, established a committee comprised of the developer, the land owner,
representatives of nearby neighborhoods, and the city and county governments to devise a plan of development for the East
Orange area. The compromise plan was adopted in 1976 and preserved 110 acres of Jones Ranch, which included the El Modena
Hills primary ridgeline and slope, in exchange for increased density on the rest of Jones Ranch. In 1978 a developer requested
an amendment to allow development in the open space. In response to this new threat, in 1979 Grindle formed the non-profit
"East Orange Open Space Management Corporation" to accept title and responsibility for the open space. During the 1980s the
Jones Ranch was sold to a series of developers. In 1989 the El Modena Hills were finally deeded to the County of Orange as
part of Santiago Oaks Regional Park. Grindle then contacted the Los Tesoros Homeowners Association, which held 32 acres adjoining
the open space, and convinced them to dedicate the land to the Santiago Oaks Regional Park.
Barham Ranch is a 526-acre wilderness park that was jointly owned by the Serrano Water District and the Orange Unified School
District. The Ranch was acquired in the 1880s for water rights and a dam site by Carpenter Irrigation District and Serrano
Irrigation District (now the Serrano Water District). In the 1970s Carpenter Irrigation District sold its undivided 50% interest
to the Orange Unified School District with a written agreement that Barham Ranch was to be used for "general public benefit
and educational purposes." By 1999 however, the Serrano Water District entered into an agreement with a private developer
(SunCal Companies) to sell their undivided 50% interest in Barham Ranch so that SunCal could build 600 homes on it. After
much public outcry and pressure from Prange Park Acres and the Save Barham Ranch group (comprised of Marilyn Ganahl, Theresa
Sears and Shirley Grindle), the Serrano Water District sold its half interest to the Orange Unified School District for $2.4
million in (January 2000). Subsequently, after much negotiation with members of the Orange Unified School District Board of
Trustees, the County Board of Supervisors bought Barham Ranch for $4.2 million on August 27, 2002, thereby connecting Irvine
Regional Park with Santiago Oaks and Weir Canyon Regional Parks for a total of 1,550 acres of protected open space.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the papers of Shirley Grindle, former Orange County Planning Commissioner, author of Orange County's
Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics (TIN CUP) ordinance, and environmental and political activist. The materials include her files
as a planning commissioner (1973-1978), the index cards she used to track campaign donations and monitor compliance with TIN
CUP (1978-1990), her TIN CUP files and subject files reflecting her involvement in the preservation of open spaces in Orange
County (1970-2005). Her papers include index cards, environmental impact reports, maps, reports, correspondence, agendas,
memoranda, notes, clippings, minutes, ephemera, and legal documents. Also included are a few photographs related to Grindle's
environmental efforts.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 6 series.
- Series 1. Orange County Planning Commission files, 1971-1978. 2.5 linear feet
- Series 2. Environmental activism files, 1956-2005. 1.5 linear feet
- Series 3. Campaign finance reform index cards, 1978-1990. 0.8 linear feet
- Series 4. TINCUP files, 1970-2007. 1.0 linear feet
- Series 5. Awards,1976-2008. 0.1 linear feet
- Series 6. Orange County Grand Jury investigation of District Attorney, 2002. 0.2 linear feet
Separation Note
Several newsletters and magazines were removed from this collection and cataloged separately in Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Grindle, Shirley -- Archives.
Orange County (Calif.). Planning Commission..
Campaign funds -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Environmental impact statements -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Environmental protection -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources.
Ephemera -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 21st century.
Open spaces -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources.
Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Orange County (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources.
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Regional planning -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources.
Topographic maps --California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Orange County Planning Commission files Series 1.
Bulk, 1974-1976
1971-1978
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises records Shirley Grindle maintained when she was a commissioner for the fourth district on the Orange
County Planning Commission. Issues brought before the commission included amendments to the county general plan, zoning changes,
conditional use permits, and variances. The series predominantly consists of environmental impact reports, oversized maps
that accompanied reports, correspondence, meeting agendas, and land use plans. There are also newspaper arrticles from the
Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition.
Arrangement
The series is organized alphabetically by geographical location. The newspaper articles follow.
Box-folder 1 : 1
Nellie Gail Ranch program, report, and other materials
1974
Box-folder 1 : 2
Anaheim Hills tentative tract 8533: environmental impact report and correspondence
1975-1976
Box-folder 1 : 4-5
Orange County General Plan, Capistrano Valley Area Land Use Plan
1973-1974
Box-folder 1 : 6
Orange County General Plan: reports, correspondence and other materials
1974
Box-folder 1 : 20
Del Obispo property use permit 3613: environmental impact report, memoranda, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 1 : 21-22
Road realignment: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 1 : 23
Zone change no. ZC 75-12: environmental impact report, reports, and correspondence
1976
Hill 733, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
Box 9, Folder 1
Outdoor Education Camp proposal by the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America,
2004
Box-folder 1 : 25
Camel Point Drive use permit 3863: Environmental Management Agency reports, memoranda, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 1 : 26
Hobo Canyon position report
1974
Box-folder 1 : 27
Flood control: correspondence, memoranda, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 1 : 28
Flood control: environmental impact report
1975
Box-folder 1 : 29
Mathis Ranch tentative tract 8962: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 1 : 30
Aliso Water Management Agency Regional Wastewater Treatment Project: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials
1972-1974
Box-folder 1 : 31
Bear Brand Ranch sketch plan
1974
Box-folder 1 : 32
Colinas de Capistrano Planned Community: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 1 : 33
Commercial recreation center, use permit 3878: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 1 : 34
Planned community tentative tract 7509: meeting minutes
1973
Box-folder 1 : 35
El Toro Road: environmental impact statement
1975
Box-folder 1 : 36
El Toro Road proposed residential development tentative tract 5278: environmental impact report
1976
Box-folder 2 : 1
El Toro Road realignment: correspondence, reports, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 2
"Forest Lanes" proposed bowling alley: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 3
General Plan for Rancho Serrano
1974
Box-folder 2 : 4
Application for use permit
1976
Box-folder 2 : 5
El Toro Road tentative tract 5278: reports, memoranda, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 2 : 6-7
Environmental Impact Report and Project Report for Irvine Coastal Community General Plan Amendment
1976
Box-folder 2 : 8
Change of zone case no. ZC 74-47 and ZC 74-48: reports, memoranda, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 2 : 9
Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 9177: report, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 10
Fowler Avenue and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 6137: report, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 11
Saddleback Motorcycle Park: environmental impact reports, correspondence, and other materials
1973-1974
Box-folder 2 : 12
Santiago Boulevard and Bond Avenue tentative tract 8348: reports, memoranda, and other materials
1974
Box-folder 2 : 13
General Plan Amendment tentative schedule
1976
Box-folder 2 : 14
General Plan Amendment, Land Use Element Amendment 76-1: reports
1976
Box-folder 2 : 15
General Plan Amendment 75-1: draft environmental impact report, memoranda, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 2 : 16
General Plan Amendment 75-1: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 2 : 17
Land Use Element Amendment 76-1: correspondence, notes, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 18
Local park code and status report on local parks: program agendas, reports, and other materials
1970-1974
Box-folder 2 : 19
North East Orange County Circulation Study (NEOCCS): memoranda, agendas, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 2 : 20
Report on cultural/scientific resources
1976
Box-folder 2 : 22
Scenic Highway Advisory Board minutes, correspondence, and other materials
1974-1976
Box-folder 2 : 23
The Scenic Highways Element: general planning program report
1973
Box-folder 2 : 24
Senate Bill 1736: correspondence, clipping, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 25
Town hall meetings for county sanitation: correspondence, invitation, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 26-27
Charter Point tentative tract 5794: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1974
Box-folder 2 : 28
East Lemon Heights Drive tentative tract 8622: report
1976
Box-folder 2 : 29
Greenwald Lane tentative tract 9115: report
1976
Box-folder 2 : 30
Intersection design of Hinton Way at Crawford Canyon Road tract 6208: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 2 : 31
La Vereda Reservoir: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1973
Box-folder 2 : 32
Lower Lake Drive and Bent Tree Lane tentative tract 9271: report, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 2 : 33
Old Foothill Boulevard tentative tract 8616: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1974-1975
Box-folder 3 : 1
Peacock Hill Planned Community tentative tract 9389: report
1976
Box-folder 3 : 2
Proposed land exchange affecting Lot 15 tract 5448: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 3 : 3
Proposed water reservoir for Lemon Heights: environmental impact reports
1975-1976
Box-folder 3 : 4
Red Hill: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1975-1976
Box-folder 3 : 5
Rockhurst Avenue tentative tract 8489: reports, memoranda, and other materials
1976
Box-folder 3 : 6
17th Street and Hewes Avenue tentative tract 8988: report
1975
Box-folder 3 : 7
Tustin Hills Racquet Club use permit 3618: environmental impact report, use permits, and other materials
1974-1975
Box-folder 3 : 8
Silverado Springs Recreation Ranch use permit 3612: environmental impact report, correspondence, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 3 : 10
Whiting Ranch Development Plan and environmental impact report
circa 1975
Box-folder 3 : 11
Whiting Ranch: planned community district regulations and guidelines for hillside development
1973
Box-folder 3 : 9
General Plan Amendment: minutes, reports, and other materials
1974
Box-folder 3 : 12
Laurinda Way and 17th Street use permit 3672: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1975
Box-folder 3 : 13-14
Newport Avenue and La Colina Drive tentative tract 8108: environmental impact report, reports, and other materials
1971-1975
Box-folder 3 : 15
Panorama Heights: correspondence, memoranda, and other materials
1974
Box 9, Folder 2
Articles from the Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition,
2000-2001
Environmental activism files Series 2.
Bulk, 1978-2005
1956-2005
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents Grindle's involvement and interests in various environmental issues in Orange County. She has mainly
been concerned with the preservation of open spaces in Orange County and limiting the construction of new housing tracts in
already densely populated areas. Grindle has worked together with homeowners' associations and concerned citizens to ensure
that park areas will not be destroyed by housing developments.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in 4 subseries:
- 2.1 Sue L. Ficker files on Upper Newport Bay, 1971-1978
- 2.2 Santiago Oaks Regional Park, 1956-1993, bulk 1978-1989
- 2.3 Barham Ranch, 1996-2002
- 2.4 Andrew R. Brooks v. Charter Point Community Association, 1974, 2003-2005
Sue L. Ficker files on Upper Newport Bay Subseries 2.1
1971-1978
Scope and Contents note
The materials in this subseries were given to Grindle by Sue L. Ficker of Newport Beach, California. Ficker was the former
president of the Central Newport Beach Improvement Association and a member of Stop Polluting Our Newport (SPON). The materials
document an effort to lessen the pollution of the Upper Newport Bay area by updating Newport Beach's drainage system.
Box-folder 3 : 17
Correspondence, reports, and other materials
1971-1978
Box-folder 3 : 18
Photographs
1978
Scope and Contents note
Contains 27 3.5 x 4.5" photographic prints of bluff collapses and storm drains, including images of Harbor Ridge and the Lower
Back Bay.
Santiago Oaks Regional Park Subseries 2.2
1956-1993 bulk 1978-1989
Scope and Contents note
The subseries includes materials Grindle collected while working to secure the El Modena Hills as part of the Santiago Oaks
Regional Park. It includes files documenting the housing developers who owned rights to the land, the decisions of the City
of Orange Planning Commission, the East Orange Open Space Management Corporation, and the Los Tesoros Homeowners Association.
Also included are later writings by Grindle on these topics.
Box-folder 3 : 19
Brooks, Richard Kenneth, Jr. & Associates, Inc.: reports, correspondence, and notes concerning protective covenants for tract
9608
1983
Box-folder 3 : 26
Crawford Hills tract 13032: parcel descriptions and maps
1987
Box-folder 3 : 27
Crawford Canyon revised tentative tract 9608: draft focused supplemental environmental impact report
1981
Box-folder 3 : 28
East Orange Open Space agenda item transmittal
1978
East Orange Open Space Management Corporation
Box-folder 3 : 29
Information sheet
circa 1979
Box-folder 3 : 30
Luncheon invitations, photographs, and other materials
1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes 13 3 x 5" and two 4 x 6" photographs of a luncheon hosted at the Orange County Mining Company restaurant on 1989
July 12. Two photographs show honorees, which included Grindle and other Orange County officials.
Box-folder 3 : 31
Membership card drafts and fliers
circa 1979
Box-folder 3 : 33
Public notices and press releases
circa 1979
Box-folder 3 : 34
Existing citizens non-profit corporations: reports and notes
undated
Box-folder 3 : 35
Harbors, Beaches and Parks Commission agenda and notice of public hearing
1987
Box-folder 3 : 36
Local Agency Formation Commission application materials and schedule
circa 1978
Los Tesoros Homeowners Association
Box-folder 3 : 37
Deeds and quitclaim deeds
1956 1971 1981-1990
Box-folder 3 : 38
Insurance policy preliminary reports
1989-1992
Box-folder 3 : 39
Land transfer correspondence, notes, and other materials
1989-1993
Box-folder 3 : 40
Photographs of transferred area
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains 12 photographs of hills, land grating, a water pump, and surrounding houses, fences and streets.
Box-folder 3 : 41
The Bulletin
1979 January
Box-folder 3 : 43
Yorba Linda Lakebed Assoc.
1979 October
Box-folder 3 : 45
Offer of dedication for unincorporated area of Orange County
1984
Box-folder 3 : 46
"Open Space Dedication and Maintenance for Jones Ranch in East Orange" report
1978
Box-folder 3 : 47
City Council meeting transcript regarding Jones Ranch
1978
Box-folder 3 : 48
Agenda, memorandum, and other materials
1980-1982
Box-folder 4 : 1
Resolutions regarding tentative tract 9608
1982-1983
Box-folder 4 : 2
Resolutions, reports, and other materials
1983-1988
Box-folder 4 : 3
Resolutions of the Local Agency Formation Commission
1976
Papers written by Grindle
Box 9, Folder 6
The Demise of the Strawberry Field,
2009
Box 9, Folder 5
History of the Orange Park Acres Specific Plan and 1975 East Orange General Plan,
2009
Box 9, Folder 3
The Professionals, the Politicians and the People: a Case History of the Citizens Against Consolidated Rock Products, Inc.,
2009
Box 9, Folder 4
Saving the El Modena Hills,
2009
Box-folder 4 : 4
Photographs of El Modena Hills
circa 1979
Box-folder 4 : 5
Security Housing Company corporation grant deed, notes, and other materials
1976-1979
Box-folder 4 : 6
"Security Housing Proposal for Jones Ranch Open Space" fact sheet
1979
Box-folder 4 : 7
Trust for Public Land Annual Report
1980
Box-folder 4 : 8
Trust for Public Land workshop: correspondence, agenda, and notes
1980
Barham Ranch Subseries 2.3
1996-2002
Scope and Contents note
The subseries includes materials Grindle gathered while working to keep Barham Ranch from being developed as a large housing
tract. The files include data about the area and document legal violations made by the Serrano Water District, dealings between
the Serrano Water District and SunCal Companies, a lawsuit the Serrano Water District filed against the Orange Unified School
District, and the effort to convince Orange County to buy Barham Ranch from the Orange Unified School District.
Box-folder 4 : 11
Data reports, correspondence, and other materials
circa 1998-2000
Box-folder 4 : 12
Environmental report and fact sheet
1997-1999
Box-folder 4 : 13
Brown Act violations: correspondence, agendas, and other materials
2000
Box-folder 4 : 14
California Department of Fish and Game reports and correspondence
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 15
California State Board of Education complaint: correspondence and notes
2000-2002
Box-folder 4 : 16
Citizen's letters
1996-2000
Box-folder 4 : 18
Coad, Cynthia: clippings
1999
Biographical/Historical note
Cynthia Coad has been a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors since 1998 and served as chair of the Board in 2001.
Box-folder 4 : 19
County offers for Barham Ranch: clippings, news releases, and other materials
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 20
Hooper, Rachel B.: legal documents, correspondence, and other materials
1998-1999
Biographical/Historical note
Rachel B. Hooper was an attorney representing the Orange Park Association; Friends of Harbors; Beaches and Parks, Inc.; Endangered
Habitats League, Inc.; and Richard J. Walters.
Box-folder 4 : 21
Land use permit process: memorandum and report
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 23
Miller, Lawrence G.: declaration and correspondence
1999
Box-folder 4 : 24
Notes and planning documents
2000 undated
Box-folder 4 : 25
Orange County correspondence on Barham Ranch
1996-2000
Orange Unified School District
Box-folder 4 : 26
Campaign statements and economic interest statements
1997-1999
Box-folder 4 : 27
Correspondence, memoranda, and other materials
1988-2000
Box-folder 4 : 28
Lease and purchase agreement and correspondence with Carpenter Irrigation District
1976-1980 1999
Box-folder 4 : 29
Public records requests
1999-2000
Serrano Water District (SWD)
Box-folder 4 : 30
Agreement, correspondence, and notes with SunCal Companies
1998-1999
Box-folder 4 : 31-32
Complaints against SWD filed with the Orange County Grand Jury: reports, correspondence, and other materials
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 33
Correspondence, resolution, and other materials
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 34
Illegal mining: agreements, correspondence, and other materials
1986-1998
Box-folder 4 : 36
Statements of economic interest, agenda, and other materials
1997-1999
Box-folder 4 : 37
Serrano Water District v. Orange Unified School District lawsuit: correspondence, legal documents, and other materials
1999-2000
Box-folder 4 : 38
Strawberry Field agreement, memoranda, and other materials
1996-2000
Box-folder 4 : 39
SunCal Companies: clippings, reports, and other background information
1989-2000
Box-folder 4 : 40
Timelines of events and exhibits
1998-2000
Box-folder 4 : 9-10
Anaheim Hills Elementary School grading agreement: correspondence, agendas, and other materials
1999-2000
Andrew R. Brooks v. Charter Point Community Association Subseries 2.4
1974 2003-2005
Scope and Contents note
The subseries documents how Grindle assisted Andrew R. Brooks in his lawsuit against Orange County and a neighboring homeowners'
association for failing to enforce a 1974 agreement that set restrictions to protect his view and standards for fire and slope
safety. The 1974 agreement was written by the Orange County Planning Commission during the time in which Grindle was a member.
Box-folder 4 : 41
"Charter Point" tentative tract 5794: draft environmental impact report
1974
Box-folder 4 : 43
County of Orange claim for money or damages
2003
Box-folder 4 : 44
Declaration of Shirley L. Grindle
2004
Box-folder 4 : 45
Defendant County of Orange's request to strike and evidentiary objections to declaration of Shirley L. Grindle
2004
Box-folder 4 : 46
Notes supporting 1975 Planning Commission intent and actions related to Charter Point
2004
Campaign finance reform index cards Series 3.
1978-1990
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises four boxes of 5 x 8" index cards kept by Grindle. Each card represents one campaign contributor and
records the amount and date of each campaign contribution made since 1978 for every county election. The cards in this series
represent contributions made to County Supervisors' campaigns from 1978 to 1990.
Cards include the name, occupation, address, and phone number of the contributor, and the amount and date of each contribution.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the total donation made by that contributor within that election cycle. Some numbers were
crossed out by Grindle as a method of telling herself that she had added them, but do not indicate any revisions or deletions
to the records.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by name.
Box-folder 5
20th Century Plumbing Co., Inc. - Dzida, Steven J.
1978-1990
Box-folder 6
Eadie, Rosemary - Lease All La Palma
1978-1990
Box-folder 7
Leasure, R. Wayne - Robinson & Robinson
1978-1990
Box-folder 8
Robinson, Stephen R. - Zwain, Salih
1978-1990
TINCUP files Series 4.
Bulk, 1975-1978
1970-2007
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series is comprised of files of the Leader of the TINCUP (Time is Now, Clean Up Politics) Campaign Reform Committee (begun
in July 1977), a grassroots campaign to limit lobbyists' contributions to county supervisors in Orange County, California.
After their recommendations became law in 1978 (Orange County Reform Ordinance, no. 3066), many other California counties
also adopted these measures. In 1991, TINCUP II was initiated to eliminate the use of PACs (Political Action Committees) to
avoid the lobbying spending limits from earlier TINCUP ordinances. Included are many clippings from local newspapers about
these issues including Shirley Grindle's own public writings. Committee-wide correspondence as well as business correspondence
to Shirley Grindle from local organizations, elected Orange County officials and interested supporters are also included.
From the Committee there are membership lists, photos and newsletters. Shirley Grindle's extensive handwritten notes on drafts
of legal reforms or records of meetings and discussions are also included.
Series Arrangement
This collection is arranged with the same folder titles and in the same order as it was received from Shirley Grindle in March,
2010.
Separation Note
The 7 publications relating to campaign reform were removed from this collection and cataloged separately in Special Collections
and Archives.
Box 9, Folder 7-10
Clippings,
1978-1982, 1991-1992
Box 9, Folder 11
Expenditure codes on campaign statements,
1991-1994
Box 10, Folder 1
Historical trends,
1970-2000
Box 10, Folder 3
Photographs and skits,
1978-1983
Box 10, Folder 4
TINCUP monitoring,
1978-1986
Box 10, Folder 8
H & W issue, D. Reed,
1993-1994
Box 10, Folder 9
Political action committees,
1978-1979
Box 11, Folder 1-2
Pending issues,
1970-1990
Box 11, Folder 3
Santa Barbara case,
1988-1990
Box 11, Folder 4
Bruce Nestande case,
1985
Box 11, Folder 5
Orange County Fair Campaign Practices Commission,
1978-1979
Box 11, Folder 7
TINCUP ordinances for cities and counties,
1977-1992
Box 11, Folder 8
Correspondence,
1975-1979
Newspaper articles written by Grindle (clippings)
Box 11, Folder 10
$1,000 Contribution Limit is now a Casualty of War Chests,
2003
Box 11, Folder 11
Campaign Salvo hits a Bystander,
2001
Box 11, Folder 12
Keep the Parties out of Local Races,
2001
Box FB-069:07
Awards Series 5.
1976-2000
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet.
Scope and Content Summary
This series is comprised of the official award document for each of four awards.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by the provider of the award.
Box FB-069:06
American Institute of Architects, Orange County Chapter,
1976-2000
Box FB-069:06
Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award,
1987
Box FB-069:06
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California. Orange County Chapter,
1998
Box FB-069:06
League of Women Voters, County of Orange,
2000
Box 12
Orange County Grand Jury investigation of District Attorney Rackauckas and his response Series 6.
2002
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet.
Scope and Content Summary
In 2002, an Orange County Grand Jury investigated the then District Attorney Rackauckas on several allegations. This folder
contains the official Grand Jury records and the District Attorney's response to the allegations.
