Editing Pasadena, California (section)

===Mexican era===
In 1821, Mexico became independent of Spain, and California came under control of the Mexican government. In 1833, the mission lands were secularized and most of the lands in California were granted to private Mexican citizens in the form of ranchos. Present-day Pasadena was divided between [[Rancho San Rafael]] (lands west of the Arroyo Seco extending to present-day [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] in the northwest to [[Glassell Park]] in the southwest), [[Rancho San Pascual|Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual]],<ref name="city"/> (present-day central Pasadena, [[Altadena]], and [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]]), and [[Rancho Santa Anita]] (present-day east Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4363l.la000023/?r=0.468,0.51,0.121,0.06,0 |title=Official map of Los Angeles County, California: compiled under instructions and by the order of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County |date=January 1888 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422180919/https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4363l.la000023/?r=0.468,0.51,0.121,0.06,0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual was so named because it was deeded on Easter Sunday to [[Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné]] of [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]].