What is now the US state of California has had indigenous people living in it in settlements for thousands of years before the white man came, but for simplicity's sake, San Diego is considered the "oldest city" in California, having been founded July 16, 1769.
Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, near the native Tongva village of Yangna. Modern place names in LA/LA area are Hispanicized pronunciations of native villages: Cahuenga, Topanga, Tujunga, Azusa...
When California became a US state in 1850, a number of cities incorporated as US cities the same year:
Sacramento (February 27, 1850)
Benicia, San Diego, San Jose (all 3 on March 27,1850)
Los Angeles (April 4,1850)
Santa Barbara (April 9, 1850)
San Francisco (April 15, 1850)
Stockton (July 23, 1850)
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