Ni 1835, Englishman William Richardson kọ akọkọ ominira homestead, nitosi kan ọkọ oju omi anchorage ni ayika ohun ti o jẹ loni Portsmouth Square. Paapọ pẹlu Alcalde Francisco de Haro, o gbe jade a street eto fun awọn ti o gbooro sipo, ati awọn ilu, ti a npè ni Yerba Buena, bẹrẹ lati fa American settlers. Commodore John D. Sloat beere California fun awọn United States on July 7, 1846, nigba ti Mexican-American Ogun, ati Captain John B. Montgomery de lati beere Yerba Buena ọjọ meji nigbamii. Yerba Buena ti a npè ni San Francisco on January 30 ti odun to nbo, ati Mexico osise ceded awọn agbegbe si United States ni opin ti awọn ogun.
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