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Guide to the Committee of 4000 Records MS.R.160

Chris S. Ervin Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries (cc) 2012 The UCI Libraries P.O. Box 19557 University of California, Irvine Irvine 92623-9557 [email protected] URL: http://special.lib.uci.edu

Guide to the Committee of 4000 MS.R.160 1 Records MS.R.160 Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries Title: Committee of 4000 records Creator: Committee of 4000 (Calif.) Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.160 Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 box) Date (inclusive): 1979-1983 Abstract: This collection consists of documents of and related to the Committee of 4000, a non-profit political action group from Irvine, California. The Committee of 4000 was an organization founded by land leaseholders who disputed the terms of their leasing rights with the Irvine Company in the early 1980s. The collection includes newsletters, correspondence from the Irvine Company, meeting minutes, promotional materials, legal documents, and other material related to the organization's class action lawsuit and activities. Language of Material: English . Access The collection is open for research. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives. Preferred Citation Committee of 4000 Records. MS-R160. 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 Transferred by Yvonne Wilson, former government documents librarian at UC Irvine. Processing History Processed by Chris S. Ervin, 2012 November. Historical Background The Committee of 4000, a non-profit political action group based in Newport Beach, California, was founded by land leaseholders who disputed the terms of their leasing rights with the Irvine Company in the early 1980s.The Irvine Company had leased land to some home buyers in Newport Beach and in the city of Irvine in the late 1950s. In the late 1970s the long-term leases were up for renewal. A decade of inflation had pushed up land prices sharply, justifying enormous rent increases. The frightened leaseholders formed a political action group, called the Committee of 4000 to try to persuade Irvine Company to hold down the threatened rent hikes. The president of the Committee of 4000 was Barbara Young of Newport Beach, California. Collection Scope and Content Summary This collection consists of documents related to the Committee of 4000, a non-profit political action group from Irvine, California. The Committee of 4000 was an organization founded by land leaseholders who disputed the terms of their leasing rights with the Irvine Company in the early 1980s. The collection includes newsletters, correspondence from the Irvine Company, meeting minutes, promotional materials, legal documents, and other material related to the organization's class action lawsuit and activities. Arrangement The collection is not arranged. Bibliography Further information related to the Committee of 4000 can be found in Hector, Gary (August 27, 1990). "AMERICA'S RICHEST LAND BARON: Donald Bren's stunning property covers 100 square miles of California." Fortune. Retrieved 2012-11-14. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73941/ Subjects and Indexing Terms Residential real estate -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century Residential real estate -- California -- Newport Beach -- 20th century

Guide to the Committee of 4000 MS.R.160 2 Records MS.R.160 Land use -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources. Land tenure -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources City planning -- California -- Irvine -- History -- Sources. Legal documents -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century Committee of 4000 (Calif.) Irvine Company

box 1, folder 1 Irvine Company correspondence 1982 February 12 - 1983 October 17 box 1, folder 2 Superior Court of the State of California, Scott vs the Irvine Company 1982 December 10 - 1983 July 25 box 1, folder 3 Ad Hoc committee on leasehold 1979 March 10 box 1, folder 4 "10 Facts every leaseholder should know about the Irvine Company's land leasing and pricing programs" 1982 box 1, folder 5 Leaseholder Bill of Rights 1982 box 1, folder 6 An open letter to the Irvine Company from the Committee of 4000 1981 November box 1, folder 7 Minutes and notices 1981 November 18 - 1983 May 25 box 1, folder 8 Irvine Company: Leasehold information file 1983 box 1, folder 9 Standard amendment to residential lease and option to purchase 1983 June 30 - 1983 September 14

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