 Haro forwarded the request to Governor José Figueroa, who denied the request on the grounds that the "ayuntamiento" (Town Hall) attached to the Mission did not have the authority to grant such requests.The governor reversed himself a few months later in September, however, stating that a building-lot could be granted to Estudillo, provided it was not within two hundred "varas" (yards) of the beach, and that other persons might obtain grants of the same kind and establish themselves there, although no records exist to show that Estudillo did receive such a grant afterwards.In November 1835, he was elected "alcalde" of Yerba Buena.