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PS -- where is this statue, then? In Santa Barbara?

[annalex]

No, the statue in the picture is the one mentioned first in the article, the one in Los Angeles. The current location is only indirectly explained in the article:

The pictured statue of the first of these in the old plaza downtown reminds us that he ordered both the founding of California in 1769 and the foundation of Los Angeles in 1781. The adjoining church of Our Lady of the Angels stands in itself as a memorial to his grandson Ferdinand

I could not find pictures of the Santa Barbara and San Francisco statues, and I have not seen the Los Angeles statue other than in this picture.