Charles Milton Santee (April 3, 1835 – October 16, 1901) was a 19th-century civil engineer, surveyor, miner, real estate developer, and entrepreneur in Missouri and Southern California.
He developed the town of Ramona, California, and served several terms on the Los Angeles Common Council.
According to the Scott Exclusion Act they will not be able to return, although if they want to I have no doubt that they could manage it, for there are only a handful of men guarding the western 1,000 miles of Mexican frontier.
[9]Santee headed a San Diego group that had platted Coronado, California, as a site for a resort community, but the endeavor failed.
He then bought 6,000 acres of Rancho Santa Maria, "halfway between the coast and the San Diego Gold Country, and surveyed it for sale into small farms and ranches.