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   ocr: Berore the arrival of the Spanish, the San Francisco Bay areawas home to several American Indian tribes. They lived in villages and hunted, fished, and gathered food: 1n nearby areas. After discovering San Francisco Bay: in 1769, the Spanish established a mission and presidio (fort) there in 1776. Nearby, the trading village of Yerba Buena grew. This village would later become the city of San Francisco. The transformation from a village to ac city brought with it many challenges. Over time, the mission's farm fields and pastures were transformed into streets and buildings. The population explo ...