▁creating ▁the ▁towns ▁of ▁Arc ad ia ▁and ▁Mon ro via , ▁California . ▁A ▁portion ▁of ▁his ▁La ▁C ien ega ▁Ran cho ▁became ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Bald win ▁Hills . ▁The ▁community ▁of ▁ ▁Sierra ▁Mad re ▁is ▁now ▁located ▁on ▁land ▁he ▁once ▁owned . ▁ ▁A ▁visitor ▁to ▁Santa ▁An ita ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁ran ch ▁is ▁a ▁princip ality ▁not ▁unlike ▁a ▁Southern ▁plant ation ▁before ▁the ▁[ C ivil ] ▁[ W ] ar , ▁save ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁labor ers ▁are ▁well - pa id ▁and ▁well ▁fed ." ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁employ er ▁and ▁the ▁largest ▁tax p ayer ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁County ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Fair ▁employ er ▁▁ ▁At ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁open ▁disc rim ination ▁and ▁rac ism ▁in ▁American ▁society , ▁he ▁provided ▁many ▁jobs ▁to ▁Chinese , ▁African - American ▁and ▁Native ▁American ▁workers . ▁He ▁told ▁a ▁rep orter ▁that ▁" Ch inese ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁reliable ▁labor ers ▁I ▁can ▁get ." ▁He ▁made ▁news ▁when ▁he ▁h ired ▁African - Amer icans ▁from ▁North ▁Carolina ▁and ▁paid ▁for ▁their ▁train ▁tick ets ▁to ▁California . ▁Despite ▁h iring ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁eth nic ▁employees , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁Mexican , ▁he ▁paid ▁them ▁very ▁little . ▁ ▁Mar ri ages ▁and ▁affairs ▁▁ ▁Bald win ▁was ▁finan cially ▁tight f isted ▁in ▁his ▁business ▁deal ings , ▁but ▁led ▁a ▁fl am boy ant ▁l ifest yle