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27-401: Ygnacio Palomares and Ricardo Véjar, owned a considerable number of horses and cattle, which they kept at Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas owned by Maria Rita Valdez de Villa. The place was too crowded for the livestock of three families, so Palomares and Véjar sought their own land. In 1837, Mexican Governor Alvarado granted Rancho San Jose to Palomares and Véjar. The Rancho was created from land from

54-535: A soldier in San Diego. The family moved to Los Angeles (Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas) in 1810. Ricardo Véjar served as Juez de Campo (Country Judge) in Los Angeles in 1833. Véjar's sister, Magdalena Véjar, was married to Jorge Morrillo, grantee of Rancho Potrero de Felipe Lugo . Ricardo Véjar married Maria Bendita Soto. Véjar owned a one third share of Rancho San Jose and was also the owner of Rancho Los Nogales . Vejar

81-540: Is Karen Bass , who was elected in 2022 . The office of Alcalde , the Mayor of El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles , was elected annually, without the right to reelection for two years. With the incomplete nature of records from the Spanish colonial period of Los Angeles , only the first year of 1781 is certain. In 1821, Los Angeles came under Mexican rule, and the city continued having an alcalde . The inaugural holder

108-588: Is the chief executive of the Government of Los Angeles as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 43rd in the sequence of regular mayors, is Karen Bass , a member of the Democratic Party , though the office has been nonpartisan since 1909. When Los Angeles was founded as a small town, a comisionado (Military Commissioner) was appointed before the title was changed to alcalde (Mayor) in 1786. Between 1841 and 1844, there were two mayors called

135-564: The Jueces de Paz ( Justices of Peace ). When the United States took control, the office was renamed to Mayor. The longest serving mayors have been Tom Bradley (1973–1993; 20 years), Fletcher Bowron (1938–1953; 14 years), Sam Yorty (1961–1973; 12 years), and Eric Garcetti (2013–2022; 9 years). The shortest tenures, not counting Acting Mayors, were John Bryson (77 days), Bernard Cohn (14 days), and William Stephens (11 days). Although

162-938: The President of the Los Angeles City Council serves as acting mayor when the Mayor is out of the city, only five have served due to a vacancy: Manuel Requena (1855 and 1856), Wallace Woodworth (1860–1861), Bernard Cohn (1878), Niles Pease (1909), and Martin F. Betkouski (1916); only one, Cohn, ascended from Acting Mayor to Mayor. Two Mayors have died during their terms: Henry Mellus and Frederick A. MacDougall . Los Angeles has had five Latino mayors post-incorporation: Antonio F. Coronel , Manuel Requena , Cristobal Aguilar , Antonio Villaraigosa , and Eric Garcetti . The city has also had two African-American mayors, Tom Bradley and Karen Bass . Two French-Canadian politicians, Damien Marchesseault and Prudent Beaudry , have served as Mayors. The first woman to serve as Mayor

189-654: The Rancho El Susa land grant from Governor (pro-tem) Manuel Jimeno. In 1844 Henry Dalton purchased El Susa from Arenas, and also Arenas one third interest in Rancho San Jose. Arenas was a grantee of Rancho Pauba in 1844, and Rancho Los Huecos in 1846. His son, Cayetano Arenas, was secretary to Governor Pio Pico and was the grantee of Rancho San Mateo . 34°09′00″N 117°47′24″W  /  34.150°N 117.790°W  / 34.150; -117.790 Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas

216-528: The secularized Mission San Gabriel Arcángel . The boundaries were laid out by Palomares and Véjar on March 19, 1837, the feast day of St. Joseph , thus leading the men to name the ranch after the saint. Father José Maria de Zalvidea accompanied the party from the San Gabriel Mission, performing the first Christian religious ceremony in the Pomona Valley when he performed a benediction for settlers of

243-597: The Green Oaks, now Benedict Canyon ). Maria Rita Valdez was a granddaughter of Luis Quintero , one of the original settlers of Los Angeles . Maria was married to Spanish colonial soldier, Vicente Fernando Villa (–1841). With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by

270-519: The Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to Maria Rita Valdez at 4,449 acres (18 km ) in 1871. The rancho was sold in 1854 to Benjamin D. Wilson and Major Henry Hancock . Hancock later sold his share to William Workman . In 1868 Edward Preuss, purchased over 3,600 acres (15 km ) for

297-471: The Mayor was appointed by the Governor of California in 1848 and was elected in 1850. 1857 1858 1862 1863 1864 1869 1871 1873 1875 1877 1879 1880 1881 1883 1885 1887 1890 1902 1909 (N) 1911 1923 1925 1937 1941 1945 1949 1957 1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1997 2009 2017 At

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324-504: The Ranch back down to 15,000 acres in size. With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho San Jose was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented at 22,340 acres (90.4 km) to Dalton, Palomares and Véjar in 1875. A claim for

351-562: The Rancho San Jose Addition was filed with the Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented at 4,431 acres (17.9 km) to Dalton, Palomares and Véjar in 1875. Palomares and Véjar conducted sheep and cattle operations on Rancho San Jose, also growing crops for consumption by the residents of the rancho. In the early 1860s the west coast experienced an epic flood, followed by several years of severe drought which decimated

378-461: The development of a city to be known as the "Town of Santa Maria". Lots were platted of about five acres each, but dry weather came and the land reverted to the sheep. The land next passed into the hands of Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker , owners of the United States Hotel at Main and Market Streets in Los Angeles, and became "one vast field of lima beans", supplying the culinary needs of

405-492: The documents he was asked to sign actually meant. In 1866, Schlesinger and Tischler sold the ranch to Louis Phillips . Due in part to the slower growth of eastern Los Angeles County, and the early activities of the Historical Society of Pomona Valley, many of the historic buildings of the Rancho San Jose remain in existence today, several of them operated by the Historical Society. Historic sites of Rancho San Jose include

432-589: The following: Ygnacio Palomares (February 2, 1811 – November 25, 1864) was a Californio , born near Mission San Fernando in Alta California , one of thirteen children. He was the son of José Cristobal Palomares and Maria Benedicta Saez, one of Los Angeles' most prominent families and considered Spanish aristocracy. Ygnacio Palomares married Maria Concepcion Lopez in 1832 and they had eight children: Luis José, José Tomas, Teresa, Francisco, Maria Josefa, Maria de Jesus, Manuel, and Carolina Concepcion. Ygnacio Palomares

459-569: The lead up to the trial, he issued a ban on public meetings, declared a nightly curfew and posted soldiers to guard the jail. He was a regidor (councilman) in 1835, and again in 1838. He was an elector in 1843, voting for Santa Ana for the President of Mexico. In 1844, he was Captain of the Defensores (militia) and the following year he served as an alternate in the assembly. He was elected the last Mexican California mayor of Los Angeles in 1848, but held

486-502: The mortgage compounded monthly. He was unable to pay one of the installments and the merchants foreclosed. He lived the rest of his years in the Spadra area with his family. He died in poverty in 1882. Luis Arenas came to California, possibly in 1834, with a group of colonists. He was married to Josefa Palomares (1815–1901), the sister of Ygnacio Palomares. He was the alcalde of Los Angeles in 1838. On November 8, 1841, Luis Arenas received

513-475: The office's creation in 1850, mayors served one year terms. In 1889, the dates were change to be on even-numbered years, with the term extending to two years per term; the first election in an even-numbered year was in 1892. In 1909, the city charter changed the election years to odd-numbered years with the March 1909 election , originally slated to be a recall election against Arthur C. Harper . In 1993, voters amended

540-678: The owners' Hotel. The bean fields survived until 1900 when the land was sold to Burton E. Green of the Amalgamated Oil Company for oil development. After drilling many unproductive wells, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company in 1906. I think Mariá Rita Quinteros Valdez de Villa was painted by Ignacio Maria Barreda 18 century 34°04′12″N 118°23′24″W  /  34.070°N 118.390°W  / 34.070; -118.390 List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles, California The mayor of Los Angeles

567-466: The position briefly due to Colonel Jonathan Stevenson considering him intolerable and anti-American. After his tenure as mayor, he settled into his Rancho San José adobe. Among his contributions to the new American landscape was the capture of the Alvitre brothers, sought for the murder of American James Ellington. Nepomuceno Ricardo Véjar (1805–1882) was born in San Diego, the son of Francisco Salvador Véjar,

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594-603: The ranch's population of sheep and cattle. On top of which a smallpox epidemic claimed the lives of 3 of the Palomares' children. Ygancio Palomares died in 1864, and his widow began selling the ranch land in 1865, finally selling the Adobe in 1874 and moving in with her children. Véjar lost his share by foreclosure to two Los Angeles merchants, Isaac Schlesinger and Hyman Tischler, in 1864. The merchants took advantage of Véjar's inability to read English and his belief that what they told him

621-591: The rancho under an oak tree located at what is now 458 Kenoak Place in Pomona . Luis Arenas , Ygnacio Palomares' brother-in-law, joined up with Palomares and Véjar, and they petitioned Governor Alvarado for additional grazing lands. They were granted the one square league addition (7500 acres), which became known as the Rancho San Jose Addition, in 1840. This increased the size of the Rancho San Jose to 22,000 acres. In 1846, Arenas sold his one third share of Rancho San Jose to Henry Dalton of Rancho Azusa de Dalton . This brought

648-510: Was Abel Stearns , an American trader who came to California in 1829 from Massachusetts . In 1839, instead of one alcalde , two officials served as First and Second Alcalde . In 1841, the office of alcalde was abolished, instead being replaced by two Jueces de Paz ( Justice of the peace ). In 1844, the office of alcalde was restored, reverting to its 1839 posts. Between the Interim government of California and California's statehood,

675-689: Was a 4,539-acre (18.37 km ) land grant in present day Beverly Hills , Los Angeles County, California given to María Rita Quinteros Valdez de Villa in 1838. Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas (Ranch of the Gathering Waters), is named for the streams that emptied into the area from out of the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains above it, the Cañada de las Aguas Frias (Glen of the Cold Waters, now Coldwater Canyon ) and Cañada de los Encinos (Glen of

702-463: Was active in Los Angeles politics in the 1830s and 1840s. He served as Juez de Campo (Country Judge) in 1834, and in 1840. He served as Juez de Paz (Justice of the Peace) in 1841 and during this time made some unpopular decisions, including a controversial verdict in the murder of Nicolas Fink. His investigation led to the arrest of a woman, who in turn provided three male accomplices that were found guilty. In

729-456: Was offered assistance to feed his cattle in the face of a long term drought. It is well documented that Véjar was grossly misinformed about the nature of a document he was asked to sign after being told it was only an agreement to pay for feed and supplies for his cattle with Interest. In fact the 2 New York "merchants" who offered him the feed gave him a Mortgage, written in English, and interest on

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