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===American period===

===American period===

[[File:Alonzo Horton.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=Oval, black and white shoulder-height portrait of a man in his forties or fifties, slightly balding wearing a suit|The namesake of [[Horton Plaza and Broadway Fountain|Horton Plaza]], [[Alonzo Horton]] developed “New Town,” which became [[Downtown San Diego]].]]

[[File:Alonzo Horton.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=Oval, black and white shoulder-height portrait of a man in his forties or fifties, slightly balding wearing a suit|The namesake of [[Horton Plaza and Broadway Fountain|Horton Plaza]], [[Alonzo Horton]] developed [[Downtown San Diego]].]]

The state of California was admitted to the United States in 1850. That same year San Diego was designated the seat of the newly established County of San Diego and was incorporated as a city. [[Joshua H. Bean]], the last alcalde of San Diego, was elected the first mayor. Two years later the city was bankrupt;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/aboutus/history.shtml|title=A History of San Diego Government|work=Office of the City Clerk|publisher=City of San Diego|access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> the California legislature revoked the city’s charter and placed it under control of a board of trustees, where it remained until 1889. A city charter was reestablished in 1889, and today’s city charter was adopted in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/officialdocs/legisdocs/charter.shtml |title=City of San Diego website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref>

The state of California was admitted to the United States in 1850. That same year San Diego was designated the seat of the newly established County of San Diego and was incorporated as a city. [[Joshua H. Bean]], the last alcalde of San Diego, was elected the first mayor. Two years later the city was bankrupt;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/aboutus/history.shtml|title=A History of San Diego Government|work=Office of the City Clerk|publisher=City of San Diego|access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> the California legislature revoked the city’s charter and placed it under control of a board of trustees, where it remained until 1889. A city charter was reestablished in 1889, and today’s city charter was adopted in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/officialdocs/legisdocs/charter.shtml |title=City of San Diego website |publisher=Sandiego.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref>