Ingersoll's Century History Santa Monica Bay Cities (Being Book Number Two of Ingersoll's Century Series of California Local History Annals), 1908, 1908a, 1827
[p. 124] ] "Whether we accept the legend or not, the bay and the region were certainly named for the good Santa Monica, whose day in the calendar was May 4th. The name does not seem to appear upon record until the petition for the grant known as San Vicente y Santa Monica was made by Don Francisco Sepulveda and Augustin Machado in 1827. The springs mentioned in the legend, later known as San Vicente springs were included in the grant.
[p. 126] . . . Don Tiburcio [Tapia] filled many positions of trust. In 1827, which must have been soon after his location to Los Angeles, he was chosen with Juan Bandini, Romualdo Pacheco and four other prominent citizens to act as vocale or member to represent the southern district in the territorial diputacion [sic] which convened [p. 127] at Monterey, the legislative body of that time. Don Tiburcio was made a member of the committee on police regulations, which must have been one of the most important subjects under consideration in those days. His record makes it appear that Señor Tapia was something of a politician, or so it would seem now-a-days; but we are assured that in the early days of Los Angeles the office had to seek the man and sometimes went begging for an occupant, so we must put Señor Tapia down as one of the most self-sacrificing and public spirited citizens Los Angeles ever had.
[p. 132 Photo: José Dolores Sepulveda, 1908b]
[p. 132] San Vicente y Santa Monica.
It is probable that the rich grazing lands in the vicinity of Santa Monica were utilized early after the establishment of "el Pueblo de Los Angeles," for the herds of the settlers and of the missions multiplied with amazing rapidity and by 1800 the grazing land in the immediate vicinity of Los Angeles and San Gabriel was overstocked. After the granting of the Malibu, however, we have no record of settlement in this neighborhood until 1827 when Francisco Sepulveda and Augustin Machado, settlers of Los Angeles, petitioned for a tract of land.