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The City of Yorba Linda, located in Orange County has adopted a new flag:
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/27/drummond-new-flag-chosen-from-31-submissions-to-represent-city-of-yorba-linda/
New flag chosen from 31 submissions to represent city of Yorba
Linda � Orange County Register
Yorba Linda�s City Council has retired a city
flag a past council introduced 40 years ago and replaced it with a design that
has spawned a bit of controversy regarding what some people say is a a lack of clearly recognizable elements representing the city�s identity.
The chosen design, submitted by resident Michelle Pohl, uses the colors yellow, blue and white. The city resolution notes the design �was inspired by elements of rolling hills� with a star in the �upper left corner, or west side of the flag, as a symbol of the westerly location of the treasured Richard Nixon Birthplace and Museum.�
�The color yellow is a visual representation of �gracious living� and friendship; the color blue represents the intelligence stemming from Yorba Linda high-achieving, award-winning schools; and the color white represents peacefulness, a trait rooted in the city�s pastoral, equestrian beginnings.�
And the resolution notes, �the designation of an official flag will provide a symbol of Yorba Linda�s pride and a lasting and historical symbol for official use.�
Some of the flag�s critics wanted more visual representations of the city�s identity, such as a horse, white trail fencing, an orange tree or other portrayals.
The first city flag was introduced at a 1981 council meeting, and a plaque was presented to designer Beth Barton, but a resolution to accept it as an official city flag was never adopted.
Plans call for flying the new flag at City Hall and the Community Center. A flag also will be displayed in the council chambers, with one purchased to be given to the contest winner.
The retired flag �will be preserved and displayed at the Yorba Linda Public
Library�s local history area, where other historic Yorba Linda artifacts are housed,� Estes said in her report.
www.ocregister.com
Dave Fowler, 28 May 2021
City flag page:
https://www.yorbalindaca.gov/826/City-Flag
Masao Okazaki, 13
June 2021
image by Masao Okazaki, 7 April 2022
Attached is a photo of the previous
flag of Yorba Linda, obtained from a PDF of a city council meeting packet from
when the new flag was adopted.
https://yorbalinda.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=9&clip_id=1567&meta_id=159906
An even larger image is available here:
https://www.facebook.com/382082195325252/photos/a.382102905323181/1516438608556266/?type=3
Masao Okazaki, 7 April 2022
The previous flag was approved on March 16, 1981.
Daniel Renter�a,
8 February 2024