Exhibit 1



                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In  accordance  with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934,  as amended,  the  undersigned  hereby  agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13G) on behalf
of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G  (including  amendments  thereto)
with respect to the Common Stock, $.50 par value per share,  of Tejon Ranch
Company, and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts  all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  hereby  execute  this
Agreement this 17th day of January, 2002.

                                          EQSF ADVISERS, INC.

                                          By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                          Martin J. Whitman
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                          M.J. WHITMAN ADVISERS, INC.

                                          By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                          Martin J. Whitman
                                          Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

                                           s/   MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                           Martin J. Whitman