California Law Stops City from Flying World Flag Above U.S. and California Flag
From City of Arcata v. Citizens in Support of Measure M, decided Friday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Charles Smiley, joined by Justices Jim Humes and Monique Langhorne Wilson); seems quite right to me:
In November 2022, the City’s voters passed Measure M, an initiative to enact an ordinance requiring the City to “fly the Earth Flag at the top of all city-owned flagpoles, above the flag of the United States of America and the California flag, and any other flags that the city may choose to display.” Measure M passed with 3,051 votes in favor of the measure and 2,781 votes against it. The City subsequently adopted Measure M as an ordinance (the Ordinance), as required by Elections Code section 9217….
Under article XI, section 7 of the California Constitution, “[a] county or city may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws.” (Italics added.) Put another way, “[o]ur state’s Constit
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