 Figueroa objected to the colonization plan since he believed that at least half of the mission lands should be turned over to the California natives.The Franciscan missionaries had administered the missions in trust for the original inhabitants.On 4 August 1834, Figueroa issued a 180-page proclamation setting out a plan for secularization of the missions, which was far more favorable to the native peoples than the Híjar-Padrés plan.