Bayan haka, ya bar Captain Pedro Fages a cikin alhakin, kuma a ranar 9 ga Yuni ya tashi zuwa San Blas, ba zai sake komawa Upper California ba. A shekara ta 1776, an nada Portolá gwamnan Puebla. Bayan da aka nada magajinsa a shekara ta 1784, an ba shi kuɗin kuɗi kuma ya koma Spain, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojojin doki na Numancia. A ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1786 an nada shi Lieutenant na Sarki don garuruwa da manyan garuruwan Lleida. Ya mutu a wannan shekarar, a watan Oktoba. Tambaya: Ina Portola ya tafi bayan magajinsa kamar yadda aka nada shi?
aka mayar da shi Spain