Rancho Arroyo del Rodeo was a 1,473-acre (5.96 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California, USA, given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Francisco Rodríguez.
[1] The grant extended from the Pacific Ocean between Rodeo Creek Gulch on the west and Soquel Creek on the east, encompassing portions of several present-day communities: eastern Live Oak, western Soquel and western Capitola.
[2][3] In 1834, Figueroa granted the one quarter square league (about 1,900 acres) Rancho Arroyo del Rodeo to Francisco Rodriguez.
[4] In 1845, Daubenbiss and Hames bought Rancho Arroyo del Rodeo from Rodriguez.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.