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Concord (/ ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ər d / KON-kerd) [10] is the most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. According to an estimate completed by the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 129,295 in 2019, [ 11 ] making it the eighth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area .
The Newhall Land and Farming Co. donated the land. Construction began on the California Institute of the Arts in 1968, and the college opened doors in November 1971. [4] Over the next two decades, the company continued to flourish. Valencia experienced steady growth and garnered praise as a planned community.
The exclusive land ownership in California by Hispanics in California would soon end. John Marsh , owner of Rancho Los Meganos in Contra Costa County, sent letters to influential people in the eastern United States extolling the climate, soil, and potential for agriculture in California, with the purpose of encouraging Americans to immigrate to ...
LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. was the third largest title insurance group in the US. It was incorporated in 1991 as Lawyers Title Corporation, and renamed LandAmerica after Lawyers Title acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company in 1998. It was headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Eric O'Keefe in The Land Report In 1949, Curly Emmerson asked his son to join him. They founded R. H. Emmerson and son, and together built a sawmill in Northern California, which Red ran, with Curly buying the timber. They prospered, and further mills followed the flagship mill in Arcata. O'Keefe notes that, at this point, the Emmersons "didn't own a single acre. Yet they could profit from the ...
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
The DRE was founded in 1917, when the California legislature enacted the nation’s first real estate law. In July 2013, the department briefly merged with the California Department of Consumer Affairs as the Bureau of Real Estate. In January 2018, through Senate Bill 172, it again became an independent department. [3]
Ruth Galindo, the last direct descendant of the family, resided in the home until her death in December 1999. With distribution of Ruth Galindo's estate, the house and its surrounding property of approximately 1.5 acres (6,100 m 2) were deeded to the City of Concord to be preserved for public use as a house museum and park.