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Municipalities listed below have been researched for municipal flags, mainly by searching their websites. Commonly U.S. cities use the city seal on a plain field as the city flag, so we have included information about the city seal where no
other flag is known.
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The website at
http://www.ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us shows both a logo and a much more
complicated seal. The logo consists of a bunch of purple grapes with pale green
leaves framed against a blue sky in a window outlined in black. The seal, on the
other hand, is very large and colorful; within a circular format there is an
outer ring in white, with the words 'THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA'
in large black sans serif block letters at the top. At the 5 and 7 o'clock
positions are two black dots, while at the bottom of the outer ring the
municipal slogan 'A World Class Community' is written in black upper and lower
case lettering. In the immediate foreground of the central image is a display of
the agricultural produce of the community, all in natural colors - tomatoes,
grapes, and lemons. Beneath them is the word and date 'INCORPORATED NOV. 10,
1977' in smaller black block lettering. Above this display and in the left
foreground is a modern glass agricultural greenhouse in white and violet, while
in the right foreground is a California mission-style building in beige and
terra cotta. Between these two structures are some rolling hills in darker
green, while behind the structures stand two date palms proper. Visible in the
far background is a range of mountains in white and violet, with a very pale
blue sky overhead.
Ron Lahav, 5 May 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.rancho-mirage.ca.us shows only a logo that consists of what
appears to be the stylized head of a bighorn sheep in very dark blue and white.
Ron Lahav, 5 May 2005
No municipal web site
Ron Lahav, 5 May 2005
The website at http://www.cityofrsm.org
shows a municipal seal that is ovoid in shape, bordered in black and gold
externally and violet and white internally. The background color of the external
ellipse is beige, with 'RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA' at the top in violet block
lettering at the top and 'CALIFORNIA' similarly written at the bottom. At the 3
and 9 o'clock positions appear to be two Native American symbols, while the
central image consists of a multicolored landscape, possibly adapted from a
photograph.
Ron Lahav, 5 May 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.red-bluff.ca.us shows the city seal is circular, with a gray
outer ring and black external and internal borders. Within the outer ring the
words 'CITY OF RED BLUFF' are written in black block lettering in a modified Old
West font at the top and 'CALIFORNIA' at the bottom. The central image consists
of a colored photomontage of Red Bluff, with the spire of City Hall superimposed
in the immediate foreground.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
There may be a city flag here- in 2003 the city council minutes mention the
possibility of holding a contest to design a city flag
http://www.ci.red-bluff.ca.us/clerk/minutes/2003/060303.htm and at
http://www.dexigner.com/graphic/news-g210.html there is a brief undated
announcement of such a contest, but I have not been able to find any further
news.
Ned Smith, 4 June 2005
The website at http://ci.redding.ca.us
shows the circular seal has black external and internal bordering. Within the
white outer ring the words 'CITY OF REDDING' are written in black stretched
block lettering. There is a black dot at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, with the
word 'CALIFORNIA' similarly written at the bottom. The central image consists of
a stylized multicolored view of a local landscape, with a blue sky above the
snow covered peak of either Mount Lassen or Mount Shasta, whose slopes are shown
in various shades of green. The foreword is dominated by the spillway of a
hydroelectric dam in white, with a black roadway running along the top. Behind
the dam is a reservoir, while below the spillway is a river, both shown in blue.
Two Douglas fir trees appear in the lower left foreground, while a rolling
riverbank in green occupies the right foreground. A variant of the Redding seal
can be found at
http://calparksco.com/images_park_logos/city_of_redding.jpg.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
The website at
http://www/ci.redlands.ca.us shows two municipal seals, one recent and one
former version. The former seal is described on the American Traitors web site
(q.v.), and the entire story of the Redlands seals is very strange indeed. The
present version of the seal is in a circular format, and has a white background
color and a thick olive external border, together with very thin pale blue
fimbriation and also internal bordering of the same coloring. Within the outer
ring are the words 'CITY OF REDLANDS' in violet uncial script, at the top, and
'FOUNDED 1881 A.D.' at the bottom. The central image consists of a floral
display which I am unable to identify in ochre, red, and green. This seal
recently replaced an earlier one which was withdrawn as a result of a lawsuit by
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an American political activist
organization. As noted, the original seal can be found on the American Traitors
web site,
http://www.americantraitor.us/misctraitors.html. The original seal was
likewise in a circular format, and blue external and black internal bordering.
The outer ring was ochre, with the words 'CITY OF REDLANDS' in tall thin black
block lettering. At the 10 and 2 o'clock positions respectively are what appear
to be two Native American symbols in olive, while at the 4 and 8 o'clock
positions are two black curlicues. At the bottom of the outer ring the word
'CALIFORNIA' is likewise written in similar lettering. The central image is
quartered as follows: 1st, a dark blue sky, a Rotary International emblem proper
at the upper right, a cityscape in white bordered black and shaded gray; 2nd, on
a pale grey background a golden Scales of Justice with black borders,
superimposed on which is an open book in white with black edging, and
superimposed upon this is a Torch of Learning, also in gold with black edging
and with an orange flame; 3rd, a gray sky with a tomato sliced in half and
leaved, both proper, at the upper left of this quarter, while to the right is a
golden sun with the disc edged in black and stylized golden rays, set in a gray
sky, beneath which is a range of mountains in brown with the central peak in
white, a citrus tree proper in the lower left foreground and stylized irrigated
fields in white and black in the lower right; and 4th, a dark blue sky with in
the upper left a silver cross bordered gold and emitting golden rays, a stylized
church structure in gray, white, and black in the right foreground, and the
lower third of this quarter being a brown-violet base. It is the appearance of
the Cross and of buildings of an obvious religious nature which was the basis of
the ACLU lawsuit.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
The City of Redlands, known as a "city of churches", site of the University of Redlands, two big shopping malls and a charming old town area full of restaurants, antique and jewelry stores - about 75 miles East of Los Angeles,
was a target of the threatened suit by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) for the presence of the cross in their seal. That seal, designed in 1963 by the local police sergeant, was voted for removal by the city council, citing city's
inability to defend against ACLU suit on the financial grounds. The old seal is still being displayed on the municipal vehicles and buildings, but with the lower, right panel covered with
the piece of the blue tape. Meanwhile, the city reverted to the pre-1963 seal on its stationary.
Chris Kretowicz, 11 September 2004
The city's flag is white with the city seal in the center. It was used, but is no longer displayed, presumably due to the seal controversy. Unfortunately, we do not have a photo of the flag. As to the seal itself, the attached Redlands Daily Facts article should answer your second question. It has been taken verbatim from the newspaper.
Redlands Daily Facts, February 18, 1963Allison Peyton, A.K. Smiley Library, 12 June 2005
Before City Council: Proposed New City Seal Design
Design approval of an official city seal will be sought by the City Employees Association tomorrow night. Sketches of the proposed emblem, prepared by the association will be presented to the City Council. Ross Miller, Association president, stated that the seal is "so designed as to cover all general aspects of the community without emphasizing any one group." He said it was the Association's hope that the Council would accept the design and that the seal would become established as the city's official emblem. Mr. Miller said the City Employee's Association plans to use the proposed seal as the center piece of an Association lapel pin. "Other seals have been suggested, but the Council has not approved them. So we came up with this design," he stated. The Chamber of Commerce submitted sketches of a city emblem last March, but the Council took no official action adopting it as the City of Redlands seal. Mr. Miller said the Association's proposal was designed by Sgt. George Collins of the Redlands Police Department. The basic design is a circle divided into quarters. The upper left quarter designates industry, the upper right quarter features the torch of learning and the scales of justice, the lower left spotlights agriculture and the lower right emphasizes religious faith. Mr. Miller said the Association was proposing only the design. The color scheme would be worked out later to make reproduction as inexpensive as possible.
From Easy Reader web page reports that a senior at Redondo Union high School, Vanessa Pons, was the winning designer of a new city flag in 1999. The
16-year-old earned $500 for her design, a simple colorful depiction of the pier, the sun and a boat. The flag will be featured at the annual League of California Cities meeting later this month. The design will grace the city's first ever
civic flag. The design is likely that used as a logo at the top of the Redondo Beach home pages.
Dov Gutterman, 31 December 2002
The Redondo Beach municipal seal (
http://www.southbaycities.com/sbcities.htm ) is in the now familiar circular
format, and has a thick rope outer border cable laid in silver and black, with a
similar but much thinner border similarly colored. The outer ring is silver,
with the words 'CITY OF REDONDO BEACH' blindstamped in block lettering at the
top, two small blindstamped dots at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, and the words
'INCORPORATED APRIL 29,1892' similarly blindstamped at the bottom. The central
image depicts a maritime scene, with seabirds flying in a pale blue sky, a
white- hulled vessel with three black masts and an unidentifiable black flag at
the fore moored to a black jetty at the right and left respectively of the
image, and both floating on or projecting into an ultramarine sea.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
The website at
http://www.fresnocog.org/city1/city_of_reedley.htm shows the seal of this
city only in a B&W version. Its format is a modified circular one, with the
outer ring expanded at the top into a tablet. Within the outer ring itself are
the words 'CITY OF' in block lettering at the top, then 'REEDLEY' in larger
block lettering within the tablet, and then again 'CALIFORNIA' to the right of
the tablet. The bottom of the outer ring contains the words' 'THE WORLD'S FRUIT
BASKET' in smaller block lettering. The central image consists of an outline map
of California extending the entire length of the image. To the right of the map
is a local landscape with a cluster of dates in the upper left. To the left of
the map is an overflowing cornucopia in the lower left foreground, with a
cluster of grapes at the upper left.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
A much larger and clearer image in color is a
http://www.reedley.com/Lori/lori-images/CityLogo.jpg. This shows that the
figures at the upper left of the landscape scene are actually conifer trees, not
dates. The city's name appears in small print on the map on the map, above a
star, presumably the city's location. The area around the star and name is
crosshatched [possibly to represent the San Joaquin Valley?].
Ned Smith, 5 June 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.rialto.ca.us shows the seal in a circular format with a thick
white outer ring with the words 'CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA' in black sans-serif
block lettering at the top, while at the bottom, in smaller but similar block
lettering, are the words 'INCORPORATED NOV. 17, 1912.' The central image depicts
a townscape, with cumulus clouds drifting in a blue sky and with a black jet
aircraft taking off in the upper left. The townscape itself is in various shades
of green, gray, white, ochre, and burnt sienna, resting upon a green lawn which
occupies the lower fifth of the image. A city slogan in illegible miniscule
black lettering appears on this green surface.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
The name and seal of this town recall the Rialto bridge in Venice I suppose.
Jan Mertens, 3 June 2005
The slogan on the seal is probably the city's slogan "A Bridge to Progress."
If one looks at the fire department emblem on that same page there is also a
slogan beneath the bridge there, and as it is slightly larger than that on the
seal, I think it is just barely discernable as that wording. BTW, according to a
town history page it is unclear if the city was actually named after the
Venetian bridge or was derived from Spanish "rio alto," but in any case somebody
in the area built a replica of the famous bridge, and it is the replica which
appears on the seal (you will note the absence of any canal or other water ).
See
http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/curriculum/RialtoHistory/EHSRialto/rialto4.html
.
Ned Smith, 5 June 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us shows a logo consisting of the stylized head of
a seabird in dark blue on a white semicircle, with a white triangle linked to a
white striation representing the bird's eye and facial markings. The word
`Richmond' written in carmine upper and lower case italic script, extends from
the left of the semicircle to what would be the bird's eye.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.ridgecrest.ca.us shows no civic heraldry on the actual
municipal web site. A city seal appears to be part of the shoulder patch on the
uniform of the Ridgecrest Police
http://www.ci.ridgecrest.ca.us/police.asp?id=56, but it is too indistinct
for me to distinguish any details.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.rio-vista.ca.us shows the seal in the form of a large circle
with two rings, bordered externally and internally in black. The outer circle is
quite narrow and is gold in color, with the words `THE CITY OF RIO VISTA,
CALIFORNIA' in small black block lettering at the top , and the words and date
`INCORPORATED DEC. 30,1893' similarly written at the bottom. The central image
shows on an ultramarine background a black bascule highway bridge positioned
fesswise in the center of the image. Above the bridge is a structure of some
sort outlined in white and with a gold flame to its left; the white does not
show up clearly enough on the ultramarine background color for me to determine
what it might be. To the right of the bridge there appears to be a bunch of
celery proper, while to the lower right of the bridge there is a drawing of the
wheel of a water turbine attached to a shaft. Directly beneath the bascule there
is a black line drawing of a fish about to swallow an insect.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
The website at
http://www.cityofripon.org shows the municipal seal, which is available for
sale as a lapel pin, is again in a circular format. There is a black outer ring
with gold external and internal bordering and text in gold lettering at both the
top and bottom of the ring. However the seal itself is in such a small size that
it has proved impossible for me to decipher the actual text. The central image
is gold, with a map of California in white running diagonally the length of the
image from upper left to lower right. To the upper right of the map is a flower
of unknown type in lilac. Dividing the entire seal at about the 2/3 mark is a
blue ribbon curled at each end around the body of the seal itself., on which are
written the words `CITY OF RIPON' in gold block lettering.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
We do not have a City flag. We talked about it a few years ago, but the City
Council decided we do not need one. They decided that it was too much money for
something that is just for show.
The City did not have a logo for many years. The Council decided that we needed
one for our stationery, so we ran a contest in 1995 and the winner received
$250.00 in gift certificates from local merchants. We received about 30 entries.
All the entries were given to the Council without the artist’s name so that the
Council could not be influenced by anything other that the art work. The winner
was one of our employees, Sarah Perdichizzi. She is a secretary in our Public
Works Department. She used one of her children’s puzzle pieces to draw the
outline of the state of California. Ripon has long been a farming community with
Almonds being the main crop, so she added the almond blossom. The local farmers
wanted the message “Almond Capital of the World” on the logo, so there it is.
The date 1945 is when Ripon first became a town recognized by the State of
California. This recognition, designating us as a “City of the Sixth Class,”
allowed us to received taxes collected by the state. The money helps us provide
services to our community. The term “Sixth Class” refers to our population. At
that time, our population was less than 2,000. I don’t know how big a town had
to be to be “First Class”, but 50 years later, we have a population of about
12,000.
In the same contest, we asked someone to come up with a City slogan. A young man
came up with “Responsive - Industrious - Productive - Organized – Neighborly.”
You will notice that the first letter of each word spells “RIPON.” He was given
$50.00. The only place we use this slogan is on our newsletter that we mail to
our local residents.
Jeanne Hall, Deputy City Clerk, 12 June 2005
The website at http://www.riverbank.org
shows the seal in the shape of a vertical ellipse in two parts. The outer
ellipse is black with gold bordering both externally and internally. Curving
around the top of this ellipse are the words `CITY OF RIVERBANK' in gold
sans-serif block lettering , with a small gold dot at the beginning and end of
the phrase. Curving around the lower part of the outer ellipse are the word and
date `EST. 1922' similarly written. The background color of the central image is
blue violet, with an ochre cornucopia striated gold occupying most of the image.
In the mouth of the cornucopia is a large cluster of grapes proper and leaved
likewise. To the left of the cornucopia is a nearly full wine goblet outlined in
white and with the unfilled portion also in white, while the wine itself is
purple. To the right of the goblet are two large pieces of cheese in cream with
light brown rinds; one of the cheeses appears to be a form of Emmentaler, as
holes are clearly distinguished on it. Finally, at the right of the cheese is a
diesel railway locomotive in black, gray, and gold. The seal is divided at the
4/5 mark by a ribbon divided into three folds; the ribbon is white outlined in
gold and with gold lettering on the central fold; this contains the city motto,
`City of Action', written in gold block lettering.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
There is no civic heraldry at the municipal web site, but a seal of some sort
appears to be available at
http://www.dprinc.com/projects/projects_type.cfm?ID=2 . The Rocklin seal is
in a standard circular format, with both external and internal bordering in
purple (thick externally, thin internally) and a gray background throughout. The
outer ring is narrow, and contains the words 'CITY OF ROCKLIN' in purple block
lettering at the top; the preposition 'OF' is in smaller lettering than the two
words it connects. At the bottom of the outer ring is the date '1893', also in
purple. The central image depicts a Victorian-era steam locomotive on track and
roadbed in black; this is positioned fesswise about 3/4 of the the distance on
the central image. The loco is impaled by what appears to be a large golden
spike of some sort, with a circle at the very top; the base of the circle
impinges on the loco. Beneath the loco at the very bottom of the central image
and separated by the point of the spike are two sprigs of leaves of
indeterminate type separated by the point of the spike.
Ron Lahav, 12 June 2005
At
http://www.rocklinhistory.org/written.asp are links to several histories of
Rocklin which describe how the building of the Central Pacific Railroad
contributed to the development of Rocklin. A golden railroad spike is a symbol
associated with the Central Pacific RR.
Ned Smith, 19 June 2005
The website at
http://www.ci.rohnert-park.ca.us shows the city seal consists of a
horizontal ellipse, with an outer ring and a central image similarly shaped. The
outer ellipse has a thick black external border, with a thinner black internal
one, and the background color of this outer ellipse is white. At its top are the
words 'ROHNERT PARK' in black block lettering in a modified Times New Roman
font, with the initial letters of each word somewhat larger than the rest of the
word itself. The word 'CALIFORNIA' is similarly written at the bottom of the
outer ellipse, while at the 9 o'clock position can be found the numerals '19',
and the numerals '62' are similarly found at the 3 o'clock position. The central
image consists of a stylized landscape; at the top is a metallic blue sky,
pierced by several rays and dotted with cumulus clouds, both in white. The
remaining 2/3 of the central image shows a plowed field in metallic green and
black, with three green and white trees in the lower left foreground and 2
additional trees in the lower right foreground. Behind the field there is a bank
of trees in very dark green, and behind this is a rolling landscape of meadows
in a light green divided by similar dark green tree lines.
Ron Lahav, 24 June 2005
The website at
http://www.palosverdes.com/rhe/flash2htm shows a redwood tree in dark green
in front of a three-barred white fence, symbolizing the equestrian interests of
the city.
Ron Lahav, 24 June 2005
No civic heraldry on the municipal website.
Ron Lahav, 24 June 2005
The Roseville (Placer County) flag is the city logo (city name and a rose) in blue and red over a fringed white background. The flag can be seen behind the city council at
http://www.roseville.ca.us/images/Council2001.jpg
Dov Gutterman, 20 October 2002
The website at
http://www.roseville.ca.us shows a logo and a seal. The logo consists of the
name of the city written in three lines of text, with each line written in a
different font. The word 'ROSEVILLE' is written in large stylized blue capital
letters, with the letter 'v' being represented as the stem of a rose, with a
purple rose at the top of the letter. What appears to be the municipal seal can
be found as the centerpiece of the Roseville Police Department badge, which can
be seen at
http://www.theblueline.com/feature/CAroseville.html. In any event, the
central image of the police badge features an armed and helmeted Minerva; she is
wearing gold vestments trimmed in bister brown, and her sword and shield are
similarly colored. Above her is a pale blue sky, with the dates 1854/1904
written in very thin bister; it appears as if Britannia is pointing to them with
her upraised right hand. To the right of this martial figure is an agricultural
scene, also in gold, with a rayed bister colored sun to the extreme left of the
central image. The entire image is encircled by a ring of cable laid rope.
Ron Lahav, 24 June 2005
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