Felipe de Neve y Padilla (1724–1784) was the fourth governor of Las Californias, a province of New Spain, from 1775 to 1782. Felipe de Neve is considered a founder of Los Angeles, California and helped to settle towns of Santa Barbara and San José whose surrounding communities became California cities. In 1781, de Neve issued the first rules regarding governance of secular pueblos like Los Angeles, the "Regulations for the Government of the Province of the Californias" (Reglamento para el gobierno de la provincia de Californias)
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1724 Bailen, Spain
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17 June 1784 (aged 60) Coahuila, Mexico
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