Pre-statehood land grants
"California in 1846" map shows geographic distribution of Spanish and Mexican land grants
Mexican land grants of Tehama County, California (Bureau of Land Management map, 1997)
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America .[1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases. After Mexico achieved independence, the Spanish grants became actual land ownership grants. Following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.
Alta California ranchos in Mexico
From 1773 to 1836, the border between Alta California and Baja California was about 30 miles south of the Mexico–United States border drawn by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War in 1848.
Under the Siete Leyes constitutional reforms of 1836, the Alta California and Baja California territories were recombined into a single Las Californias "department", with a single governor. None of the rancho grants near the former border, however, were made after 1836, so none of them straddled the pre-1836 territorial border.
The result of the shifting borders is that some of the ranchos in this list, created by pre-1836 governors, are located partially or entirely in a 30-mile-wide sliver of the former Alta California that is now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California. Since those ranchos remained in Mexico, in today's Mexican state of Baja California , the grants were not subject to review by the Public Land Commission except for Rancho Tijuan that had claimed part of its lands were on the American side of the border.
List of ranchos of California
Grant[note 1]
Date[note 2]
Grantor[note 3]
Grantee[note 4]
Size[note 5]
Land Case No.[note 6]
Location[note 7]
County[note 8]
San Pedro
1784
Pedro Fages
Juan Jose Dominguez
48,000 acres (19,425 ha)
273 SD
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Los Nietos
1784
Pedro Fages
Manuel Nieto
167,000 acres (67,583 ha)
[note 9]
Long Beach , Downey , Whittier
Los Angeles
San Rafael
1784
Pedro Fages
José María Verdugo
36,403 acres (14,732 ha)
381 SD
Glendale
Los Angeles
Nuestra Señora del Refugio
1794
Diego de Borica
José Francisco Ortega
26,529 acres (10,736 ha)
154 SD
Refugio State Beach
Santa Barbara
Los Feliz
1795
Diego de Borica
Jose Vicente Feliz
6,647 acres (2,690 ha)
133 SD
Los Feliz
Los Angeles
Simi
1795
Diego de Borica
Patricio, Miguel, and Francisco Javier Pico
113,057 acres (45,753 ha)
103 SD
Simi Valley , Moorpark
Ventura
Buena Vista
1795
Diego de Borica
Jose Maria Soberanes and Joaquin Castro
8,446 acres (3,418 ha)
204 SD
Monterey
Monterey
Las Pulgas
1795
Diego de Borica
José Dario Argüello and Luis Antonio Argüello
35,240 acres (14,261 ha)
54 ND
San Mateo , Belmont , San Carlos , Menlo Park
San Mateo
Las Salinas
1795
Diego de Borica
Antonio Aceves and Antonio Romero
17,712 acres (7,168 ha)
158 SD
Marina , Salinas
Monterey
Las Virgenes
1802
José Joaquín de Arrillaga
Miguel Ortega
17,760 acres (7,187 ha)
265 SD
Agoura Hills
Los Angeles
El Conejo
1803 1822
José Joaquín de Arrillaga Pablo Vicente de Solá
Ygnacio Rodríguez and José Polanco José de la Guerra y Noriega
48,672 acres (19,697 ha)
107 SD
Newbury Park , Thousand Oaks , Lake Sherwood , Westlake Village , Oak Park
Ventura
Las Animas
1803
Feliz Berenguer
José Mariano Castro
24,066 acres (9,739 ha)
136 ND
Gilroy
Santa Clara
Topanga Malibu Sequit
1804
José Joaquín de Arrillaga
José Bartolomé Tapia
13,300 acres (5,382 ha)
147 SD
Malibu
Los Angeles
Los Palos Verdes
1809
José Dolores Sepúlveda
31,629 acres (12,800 ha)
273 SD
Palos Verdes
Los Angeles
San Ysidro
1809
José Joaquín de Arrillaga
Ygnacio Ortega
13,066 acres (5,288 ha)
[note 10]
Gilroy
Santa Clara
San Antonio
1810
Antonio María Lugo
29,513 acres (11,943 ha)
9 SD
Bell , South Gate
Los Angeles
Santiago de Santa Ana
1810
José Joaquín de Arrillaga
José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta
63,414 acres (25,663 ha)
346 SD
Santa Ana , Irvine
Orange
Temescal [2] [3]
1819[note 11]
NA
Leandro Serrano and wife, Josefa Montalva de Serrano
NA
374 SD
Corona , Temescal Valley
Riverside
San Antonio
1820
Pablo Vicente de Solá
Luís María Peralta
44,800 acres (18,130 ha)
98 ND, 99 ND, 100 ND
Alameda , Berkeley , Oakland , San Leandro
Alameda
Rincon de los Bueyes
1821
Pablo Vicente de Solá
Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez
3,127 acres (1,265 ha)
131 SD
Culver City , Baldwin Hills
Los Angeles
Vega del Rio del Pajaro
1821
Pablo Vicente de Solá
Antonio Maria Castro
4,310 acres (1,744 ha)
245 SD
Monterey , Watsonville
Monterey
Los Tularcitos
1821
Pablo Vicente de Solá
José Loreto Higuera
4,394 acres (1,778 ha)
228 ND
Milpitas
Santa Clara
San Pablo
1823
Luís Antonio Argüello
Francisco María Castro
17,939 acres (7,260 ha)
277 ND, 320 ND
Richmond , San Pablo
Contra Costa
Las Cienegas
1823
Luis Antonio Argüello
Francisco Avila
4,439 acres (1,796 ha)
353 SD
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Llano de Buena Vista
1823
Luís Antonio Argüello
José Mariano Estrada
8,446 acres (3,418 ha)
151 SD
Spreckels
Monterey
Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos
1823
Luís Antonio Argüello
Francisco María Ruiz
8,486 acres (3,434 ha)
142 SD
Peñasquitos
San Diego
Bolsa de San Cayetano
1824
Luís Antonio Argüello
Ygnacio Vallejo
8,881 acres (3,594 ha)
35 SD, 278 SD
Watsonville
Monterey
Bolsa Nueva y Moro Cojo
1825
Luís Antonio Argüello
María Antonia Pico de Castro
30,901 acres (12,505 ha)
7 SD
Castroville
Monterey
El Rosario
1827
José María de Echeandía
José Manuel Machado
47,702.53 acres (19,305 ha)[note 12]
Not before Land Commission.[4] [5]
El Descanso , Playas de Rosarito
Municipio de Playas de Rosarito , Baja California , Mexico
La Brea
1828
José Antonio Carrillo
Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez
4,439 acres (1,796 ha)
287 SD
Hollywood , West Hollywood
Los Angeles
San Antonio Abad
1828 ? [6]
unknown [7] [8]
unknown [9]
[10]
Not before Land Commission[11]
Tijuana
Municipio de Tijuana , Baja California, Mexico
Janal
1829
José María de Echeandía
José Antonio Estudillo
4,437 acres (1,796 ha)
226 SD
Chula Vista
San Diego
Otay
1829
José María de Echeandía
Magdelena Estudillo
6,658 acres (2,694 ha)
66 SD
Chula Vista
San Diego
Tía Juana
1829
José María de Echeandía
Santiago Argüello Moraga
26,019.53 acres (10,530 ha)[note 13]
Not before Land Commission.[12]
Tijuana ; San Ysidro, San Diego , Tijuana River Valley, San Diego
Municipio de Tijuana , Baja California, Mexico ; San Diego
Tecate
1829, 1834
José María de Echeandía
Juan Bandini
4,439 acres (1,796 ha)
Not before Land Commission[note 14]
Tecate
Tecate Municipality , Baja California , Mexico
Rosa Castilla
1831
Manuel Victoria
Juan Ballesteros
3,283 acres (1,329 ha)
309 SD
East Los Angeles , University Hills
Los Angeles
Jamul
1831
Manuel Victoria
Pío Pico
8,926 acres (3,612 ha)
367 SD
Jamul
San Diego
Solis
1831
Jose Figueroa
Mariano Castro
8,875 acres (3,592 ha)
405 ND
Gilroy
Santa Clara
San Ramon
1833
José Figueroa
Bartolome Pacheco and Mariano Castro
8,917 acres (3,609 ha)
73 ND, 322 ND
Alamo , Danville
Contra Costa
Saucito
1833
José Figueroa
Graciano Manjares
2,212 acres (895 ha)
99 SD
Del Rey Oaks
Monterey
Punta de Pinos
1833
José Figueroa
José María Armenta and José Abrego
2,667 acres (1,079 ha)
169 SD, 380 SD
Point Pinos
Monterey
Guadalupe y Llanitos de los Correos
1833
José Figueroa
Juan Malarin
8,858 acres (3,585 ha)
109 SD
Chualar
Monterey
Cañada del Corte de Madera
1833
José Figueroa
Maximo Martinez and José Domingo Peralta
3,566 acres (1,443 ha)
395 ND
San Mateo
Pescadero
1833
José Figueroa
Juan Gonzalez
3,282 acres (1,328 ha)
104 ND
Pescadero
San Mateo
San Ysidro (Ortega)
1833
José Figueroa
José Quintin Ortega
4,439 acres (1,796 ha)
163 ND
Gilroy
Santa Clara
San Ysidro (Gilroy)
1833
José Figueroa
Maria Clara de la Asuncion Ortega
4,461 acres (1,805 ha)
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