In 1781, later in Neve's tenure, he founded the "Pueblo de Los Ángeles". Governor Neve had applied to Viceroy Bucareli for permission to establish a settlement ("pueblo") near the Los Angeles River ("Río de Porciúncula"), where Father Juan Crespí had met local Tongva Indians. With the viceroy's approval, de Neve was granted authority from The Crown, Charles III of Spain, to found and establish the second pueblo in upper "Las Californias", "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula" (The Pueblo of Our Lady Queen of the Angels of the Porciúncula River), the present day city of Los Angeles, California. Neve is credited with being one of the first urban planners because he personally drew the plans for the pueblo. Neve traveled north to inspect the Presidio and mission of San Francisco and the mission of Santa Clara and issued several reports on recent happenings in the Claifornias and recommendations for establishments, including the recommendation for the site of the city of Los Angeles. “The site had been scheduled for a mission since 1769 when Franciscan Father Juan Crespi first saw it and named it Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula for the river on which it was located.”