La Mesa, California (U.S.)

San Diego County

Last modified: 2024-07-13 by rick wyatt
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image located by Dave Fowler, 24 July 2019

• Description of the flag
• Seal

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• San Diego County
• Municipal flags of California (index page)
• California
• United States of America

Description of the flag

According to www.reelectruthsterling.com/pages/bio2.html and www.cityoflamesa.com/Government/CityCouncil_RuthSterling.htm La Mesa does seem to have a city flag, designed or proposed by Councilwomen Ruth Sterling. Unfortunately, neither site has an image of that flag.
Ned Smith, 28 November 2004

Wikipedia has an image of the La Mesa city flag, located in San Diego County.
Dave Fowler, 24 July 2019

The first link mentioned by Ned Smith says that the first official city flag was presented to the mayor on June 14, 1997 by Council Member Ruth Sterling. On this day was also the city's first flag day parade. It is not known for certain if this is the same flag adopted in 1997.
Daniel Renterķa, 23 JUne 2024

The seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 18 May 2019

Source: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7147663803_2277177ba4_b.jpg

The website at www.cityoflamesa.com shows the municipal logo with a curved top, two vertical sides, and a horizontal base. The upper portion of the logo has a white background color, divided sinuously from the green lower portion. In the upper portion there is a yellow sun with dark gray shading along the bottom, and to the right of this are two green palm trees of differing heights arising from the green lower portion. Along the curved top portion of the logo the words 'CITY OF LA MESA' are written in blue block letters. The bottom of the logo is green, and this in turn is divided into two irregular portions by a curving white line, above which is written the city motto in white upper and lower case letters, 'Jewel of the Hills'. The URL address www.cityoflamesa.com/news/FlagDayParade.htm contains a
description of this event, which is apparently an annual occasion.
Ron Lahav, 27 November 2004