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MS-R065
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Title: Orange County environmental issues, land use, and planning collection,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1973
Date (bulk): (bulk 1960-1970)
Collection number: MS-R065
Creator:
Orange County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors.
Extent:
2.9 linear feet (5 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Orange County Environmental Issues, Land Use, and Planning Collection. MS-R65. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
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.
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.
Processed by Laura Clark Brown in 1998.
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
| 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. |
| 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 ..." |
| UCI-Project 21 Study Team on Coordination of Urban Planning organized. | |
| 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. |
| General and special district elections in Orange County. | |
| 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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Orange County (Calif.)--Orange County general plan.
California--California Land Conservation Act of 1965.
Agriculture--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Agriculture and politics--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Environmental policy--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Environmental protection--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Land use--Environmental aspects--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Land use--Law and legislation--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Regional planning--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Beach erosion--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Shore protection--California--Orange County--Archival resources.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Maps--California--Orange County.
Photographic prints--California--Orange County.