[Berkeley, Calif. election, 1988 (Nov. 8), City Council District 5 candidates, Dean and Gorrell : campaign ephemera and newspaper clipping]. 1988.
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City History The City of Berkeley, California was incorporated on April 1, 1878 from two distinct settlements. Much of the area surrounding Berkeley was given the Peralta family as a land grant from the Spanish king in 1820. After the gold rush and California statehood in 1850, the large ranchero should have stayed in the Peralta hands. However, the large ranchero's unoccupied land quickly filled with Americans, using "squatter's rights" or a...