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image by Rob Raeside, 13 December 2004
Source: http://www.la-quinta.org/cityclerk/index.htm
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The city seal on a white field. Actual dimensions of the seal are unknown.
The city seal of La Quinta, California, does not appear on the Home Page of
the municipal Web Site, but on the
City Clerk's Page. It is extremely colorful and very unusual in composition,
although the shape is that of the standard circular format. The color scheme is
quite remarkable - the outer ring is a greenish gold. At the top of this outer
circle are the words 'CITY OF' and 'CALIFORNIA' in black block letters,
separated by the words 'La Quinta' in black script letters, the top and bottom
of the city name extending both above and below the outer circle. At each flank
are stylized flowers in black, and at the bottom of the outer circle the
municipal motto 'THE GEM OF THE DESERT' is likewise written in black block
letters.
The central image features a solar disk in the center, colored in the same
fashion as the outer circle. Above the disk are a series of four semicircles
colored from top to bottom blue, pale blue, ultramarine, and white respectively.
The solar disk rises above a range of lilac-pink mountains, which act as a fess
dividing the central image horizontally. Beneath these mountains are a series of
blue-green, black, and white lines, which suggest the stylized surface of a body
of water. Beneath this body of water is another mountain range in blue-green,
with two palm trees having brown trunks with dark green crowns in the right
foreground. In the left foreground is a California Quail in brown and black, and
at the height of the quail's breast are the words 'INCORPORATED 1942' written in
two lines of smaller black block letters.
Ron Lahav, 9 December 2004
I believe the lines beneath the mountains are not supposed to be water, but
the shadows of mountains (if this was originally a smaller image, the lines
would appear to blend into a dark gray). And the blue-green area below that is
not another set of mountains but merely the unshadowed portion of the
foreground.
The city code is not very helpful in settling the issue. it merely says:
"1.04.020 Design. The seal adopted in Section 1.04.010 shall be circular in
form; shall be not less than two inches in diameter. Around its circumference
shall appear the words "City of La Quinta, California," and, within, the words
"Incorporated, 1982." (Ord. 2 § 1 (part), 1982)"
http://codemanage.com/laquinta/index.php?topic=1-1_04-1_04_020
Ned Smith, 10 December 2004
A communication from Ms June Greek, the City Clerk of La Quinta, California, provides a description of the La Quinta city flag as well as some details about the municipal seal.