James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1970, 1828
"9. Historical Rancho Marker. Just to the right of the lobby doors [of Santa Monica City Hall] is a bronze plaque noting that the original townsite of Santa Monica was part of the 30,000-acre Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica granted to Don Francisco Sepulveda in 1828. This marker was erected in June 1970 by the Beverly Hills Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West."