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The Ranchos or Alta California land grants established land use patterns that are still recognizable in the California of today. The tradition of making land grants was continued by the early State of California. These are the "ranchos" of Californian toponymy. Under Spanish rule, individual land grants were scarce. The Atrisco Land Grant in New Mexico is one of the few surviving Mexican land grants. Although commonly referred to as "land grants", Spanish concessions permitted settlement and granted grazing rights on specific tracts of land, while retaining title with the crown; many of these properties were subsequently patented under Mexican law. Three of the largest original ranchos first granted in 1784 by the Spanish King Carlos III were;

Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, granted to José Antonio Yorba, from the Santa Ana River west to the Arroyo/Laguna Canyon on the east, north to the Brea/Santa Ana Canyon, and south to the Pacific Ocean.
Rancho San Pedro, granted to Juan Jose Dominguez, stretching from the Pacific Ocean west at present day Manhattan Beach, to the Los Angeles River on the east, and north from present day Rosecrans Blvd, south to the Pacific Ocean.
Rancho Los Nietos, granted to Manuel Nieto, stretching from the Los Angeles river on the west to the Santa Ana River on the east, from Whittier-Harbour blvds north, south to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1830, only fifty private ranches existed in all of Alta California. When California came under control of the Mexican government, the governors gained the power to grant state lands. With the new régime most lands were turned into large Mexican-owned rancherías. The missions were secularized and their land and property also redistributed by local administrators. Few ranchos remained as they were, depending on the fortunes of the owners they were expanded, parceled out or even sold outright. Some of the more noted ranchos with their descendant communities are listed below.

Ranchos

Grant	Granted	Grantor	Grantee	Area(s)
La Zanja, Rancho Los Nietos	1784		Manuel Nieto	parts of Long Beach, Lakewood, Downey, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Bolsa Chica State Beach, Seal Beach, Anaheim, Buena Park, Garden Grove, and many smaller cities including Artesia and Cerritos
Nuestra Señora del Refugio	1794		José Francisco Ortega	Refugio Canyon in Santa Barbara County
Rancho San Pedro	1784		Juan Jose Dominguez
Rancho San Antonio (Lugo grant)	1795		Francisco Salvador Lugo	Bell Gardens
Rancho San Rafael	1798	Charles IV of Spain	José María Verdugo	Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Glendale, Highland Park
Rancho San Antonio	1810	Ferdinand VII of Spain	Antonio María Lugo	Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, East Los Angeles, Lynwood, Montebello, South Gate, Vernon 119 km² (29,513 acres)
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana	1810	Ferdinand VII of Spain	José Antonio Yorba & Juan Pablo Peralta (Nephew)	Santa Ana, El Modena, Orange, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Tustin, Olive.
Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant)	1820	Pablo Vicente de Solá	Luís María Peralta	Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro 181 km² (44,800 acres)
Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos	1823		Francisco María Ruiz	Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego
Rancho San Miguel	1834		Dona Juana Sanchez de Pacheco	Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, Mt. Diablo State Park 73 km² (18,000 acres)
Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana	1834	Yorba Family	Bernardo Yorba	Yorba Linda
Rancho Los Alamitos	1834	José Figueroa	Juan José Nieto	of former Rancho Los Nietos
Rancho Los Coyotes	1834	José Figueroa	Juan José Nieto	Cerritos of former Rancho Los Nietos	1835	José Castro	José María Alviso	Milpitas
Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana	1837	Mexican Republic	Juan Pacífico Ontiveros	Anaheim, Fullerton, Placentia
Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos	1839		Jose Maria Hernandez and Sebastian Fabian Peralta	Los Gatos, Monte Sereno (27 km² [6,631 acres])
Rancho Vallecitos de San Marcos	1840	Juan Alvarado	Jose María Alvarado	San Marcos
Rancho La Bolsa Chica	1841	Mexican Republic	Joaquín Ruíz
Rancho Azusa de Duarte	1841	Juan Alvarado	Andrés Duarte	Azusa, Duarte, Arcadia, Monrovia, Irwindale, Baldwin Park
Rancho Rincón de La Brea	1841	Mexican Republic	Gil Ybarra	Brea
Rancho San Lorenzo	1841	Juan Alvarado	Guillermo Castro	Castro Valley, Hayward (108 km² [26,722 acres])
Rancho Niguel	1842	Mexican Republic	Juan Ávila	Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills
Rancho San Francisco	1842	Juan Alvarado	Antonio del Valle	Santa Clarita, Piru 196.7 km² (48,612 acres)
Rancho San Leandro	1842	Juan Alvarado	José Joaquin Estudillo	San Leandro 27.6 km² (6,829 acres)
Rancho San Joaquín	1842	Mexican Republic	José Sepúlveda	Newport Beach, Corona del mar
Rancho San Lorenzo Baja Rancho	1842	Juan Alvarado	Francisco Soto	San Lorenzo
Rancho La Cañada de San Bernardo	1842	Juan Alvarado	Don Jose Francisco Snook	Rancho Bernardo, San Diego
Rancho Rincon del Diablo	1843	Juan Alvarado		Escondido
Rancho Cotate	July 1844	Manuel Micheltorena	Juan Casteneda	Cotati, Rohnert Park, Penngrove
Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara	1844	Manuel Micheltorena	James Alexander Forbes	Santa Clara
Rancho Soscol	1844	Pío Pico	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo	Petaluma, Vallejo
Rancho Misión Vieja	1845	Mexican Republic	John "Juan" Forster	Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano (on nearby land with no title grant)
Rancho Boca de la Playa	1846	Mexican Republic	Emigdio Vejar	San Clemente, Dana Point (on nearby land with no title grant)
Lomas de Santiago	1846	Yorba Family	Teodosio Yorba	Irvine
Trabuco	1846	Mexican Republic	John "Juan" Forster	Trabuco Canyon, Coto de Caza
Rancho Rosa Castilla	c. 1850		Juan Batista Batz family	University Hills (Cal State LA)
Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica			Francisco Sepulveda	Brentwood, Santa Monica 134 km² (33,000 acres)
Rancho la Ballona			Machado and Talamantes families	Inglewood, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica (Ocean Park Dist), Venice
Rancho Boca de Santa Monica			Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes	Santa Monica 27 km² (6,656 acres)
Rancho de las Pulgas	1795 recognized possession (José/Borica) 1820 new title (Luis/Vincent e de Sola) November 26, 1835 (de Sola/Castro)	Diego Borica Pablo Vincent e de Sola José Castro	José Dario Argüello & Luis Antonio Argüello	San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton & Menlo Park 142 km² (35,000 acres) Legal condensed description is San Mateo Creek south to San Francisquito Creek, and from San Francisco Bay to the foothills about 1 league more or less.
Rancho La Cañada				Eagle Rock, La Cañada Flintridge
Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Jurupa
Rancho Palos Verdes
Rancho La Brea
Laguna Seca Ranch
Rancho Petaluma Adobe
Rancho San Pascual				Pasadena
Rancho Santa Anita				Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, El Monte, Baldwin Park
Rancho Simi			Santiago Pico	Simi Valley 457.3 km² (113,000 acres)

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