 The 48 delegates chosen were mostly pre-1846 American settlers; eight were native born Californios who had to use interpreters.The new miners in El Dorado County were grossly under-represented as they had no representatives at the convention despite then being the most populated county in California.After the election the California Constitution Convention met in the small town and former Californio capital of Monterey, California, in September 1849 to write a state constitution.