Captain Don Gaspar de Portolà
Born in Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain • First Governor of California • Founder of San Diego and Monterey •
Discoverer of the Bay of San Francisco on November 4, 1769.
Presented by the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Honorable Jordi Pujol, on November 5, 1988 to the people of the State of California, the Honorable George Deukmejian, Governor.
Marker is on Coast Highway (California Route 1) near Crespi Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
