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| Proportion | 3:5 |
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| Adopted | June 5, 1984 |
| Design | A horizontal triband of gold (top), white (middle), and blue (bottom), with the Seal of San Jose in the center |
The current flag ofSan Jose, California features atriband of gold on top, white in the middle, and blue on the bottom with the city's official seal in the center. It has been the official flag since 1984.
The blue and gold stripes may symbolize the state ofCalifornia, as they arethe state's official colors. The seal of the flag is one unit in diameter, with the entire flag having a 3 unit by 5 unit proportion.
The seal is a black-outlined gold ring with "CITY OF SAN JOSÉ" and "CALIFORNIA" in blackblock letters, separated by black six-pointed stars. The white space enclosed within the ring consists of a goldwheatsheaf andgrapevines tied with a golden bow. The wheat and grapevines symbolize the area'sagricultural products, the largest industry in the area prior tothe shift towards technological products. Attached below the seal is an oval bearing the text "FOUNDED 1777". The seal was officially adopted on September 9, 1850.[1]
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The first flag was designed by city historian Clyde Arbuckle. The flag was a whitefield with a gold and blue border, with the gold surrounding the blue, and a white border on the very outside of the flag. In the middle of the flag is the city's seal. The text "SAN JOSE’ CALIFORNIA" is above the seal and "FOUNDED 1777" is below. Both of these are in black font. The proportions were 3 by 4.5, and was officially adopted on June 2, 1969.[1]
The second flag saw the removal of the borders and big text, replacing the borders with a triband with the same color scheme and the text was made smaller to surround the seal. This flag was made by both the rules committee and San Jose's Historic Landmark Commission, at the request of theSan Jose City Council. The flag's proportions were also increased to 3 by 5.[1] The flag ranked 78th out of 150 American city flags in a 2004North American Vexillological Association survey.[2]
A redesign effort in 2016 garnered press coverage inThe Mercury News andKPIX-TV, but nothing came of it, with a city spokesman saying it was not one of the city's priorities.[3][4]
San Jose's official flag policy mandates that the flag be flown atSan Jose City Hall, the police administration building,San Jose Civic,San Jose International Airport, and all fire and police department facilities, in addition tocity council chambers and themayor's office.[5] TheSan Jose Earthquakes' current away jersey is influenced by the city's flag, featuring the same gold-white-blue triband.[6]
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