For many years, a portion of the Rancho San Pedro land grant was contested between the Domínguez and Sepúlveda families through various appeals to Spanish Governors and lawsuits from 1817–1883 and was eventually partitioned into seventeen parcels in 1882.
The ownership of a significant portion of the Rancho San Pedro land grant was contested by the Domínguez and Sepúlveda families for many years through multiple appeals to Spanish authorities and lawsuits that lasted from 1817 until 1883, resulting in the eventual division into seventeen separate tracts.