San Luis Obispo Sp., St. Louis the Bishop 3,310 21,893 19,383 13,680,235 San Luis Obispo San Mateo Sp., St. Matthew 434 36,781 26,585 18,999,564 Redwood City Santa Barbara Sp., St. Barbara 2,632 41,097 27,738 18,849,976 Santa Barbara Santa Clara Sp., name of a saint 1,286 100,588 83,539 61,390,817 San Jose Santa Cruz Sp., Holy Cross 424 26,269 26,240 12,560,071 Santa Cruz Shasta Fr., Chaste, pure 3,876 13,311 18,920 10,902,036 Redding Sierra Sp., Sawtoothed Ridge 960 1,783 4,098 1,844,560 Downieville Siskiyou 5,991 13,545 18,801 10,560,650 Treks Solano Sp., name of a mission 900 40,602 27,559 20,195,481 Fairfield Sonoma Ind., Valley of the Moon 1,620 51,990 48,394 30,380,419 Santa Rosa Stanislaus 1,456 43,557 22,522 12,834,108 Modesto Sutter (named for J. A. Sutter) 622 10,115 6,328 6,621,047 Yuba City Tehama 3,008 12,882 11,401 11,674,562 Red Bluff Trinity 3,282 2,552 3,301 1,651,362 Weaverville Tulare Sp., Reed-covered 4,952 59,032 35,440 17,447,042 Visalia Tuolumne Ind., Stone wigwams 2,208 7,768 9,979 7,089,725 Sonora Ventura Sp. 1,722 28,724 18,347 11,171,219 Ventura Yolo Ind., Rushes 996 17,105 13,926 17,640,436 Woodland Yuba Sp., Uba, wild grapes 636 10,375 10,042 5,898,350 Marysville List of Governors Gaspar de Portola, April, 1769 Pedro Fages, July, 1770 Fernando Rivera y Moncada, May 25, 1774 Felipe de Neve, Feb. 3, 1777 Pedro Fages, Sept. 1O, 1782 Jose Romeu, April 16, 1791 Jose Arrillaga, April 9, 1792 Diego de Borica, May 14, 1794 Jose Arrillaga, Jan. 16, 1800 Jose Arguello, July 24, 1814 Pablo de Sola, March 31, 1815 California became province of the Mexican Empire, April 11, 1822 Luis Arguello, Nov. 10, 1822, First native Governor. March 26, 1825, California became province of Mexican Republic. Jose Maria Echeandia, Nov. 8, 1825 Manuel Victoria, Jan. 31, 1831 Jose Maria Echeandia, Dec. 6, 1831 Jose Figueroa, Jan. 15, 1833 Jose Castro, Sept. 29, 1835 Nicolas Gutierrez, Jan. 2, 1836 Mariano Chico, May 3, 1836 Nicolas Gutierrez, Sept. 6, 1836 Jose Castro, Nov. 5, 1836 Juan B. Alvarado, Dec. 7, 1836 Manuel Micheltorena, Dec. 31, 1842 Pio Pico, Feb. 22, 1845, to Aug. 10, 1846, end of Mexican rule. The following were Governors under Military Rule, U.S.A. John D. Sloat, July 7, 1846 Robert F. Stockton, July 29, 1846 John C. Fremont, Military Governor, Jan. 19, 1847, for 50 days Stephen W. Kearny, Military Governor, March to May 31, 1847 R. B. Mason, Military Governor, May 31, 1847 Persifer F. Smith, Military Governor, Feb. 28, 1849 Bennet Riley, April 12, 1849