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Show California Cities Show Planning Rules of 1573 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Several California cities even today bear the stamp of city planning regulations laid down by the king of Spain in a royal edict of 1573, the state planning plan-ning board revealed. j The ancient decree set forth j standard regulations to be followed in establishing towns in the New 1 world. Business was ordered to ( front on a central plaza, streets were ' oriented with relation to prevailing winds and objectionable features such as slaughter houses were restricted re-stricted to a single isolated district j Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Jose and Sonoma are among those com- j munities showing the influence of ! the early Spanish layout. j |