Rancho La Ballona was a 13,920-acre (56.3 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California confirmed by governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes. The Machados and Talamantes had already been given a Spanish concession to graze their cattle on this land in 1819.
Read more about Rancho La Ballona: History, Machado Family