Pacifica, California (U.S.)

San Mateo County

Last modified: 2025-04-19 by rick wyatt
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image by David Sigley, 17 April 2025
based on photo

• Description of the flag
• The seal

See also:

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

Description of the flag

The flag is a white field with the city seal in the center.

Video of the flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2v-G9lUFo&ab_channel=PacificCoastTV
David Sigley, 17 April 2025

The seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 30 May 2019

Source: https://cdn.patchcdn.com/

The website at www.ci.pacifica.ca.us/CITYHALL/welcome.html shows the seal in the standard circular format and consists of two concentric circles bordered both externally and internally in black. The outer ring contains the words 'CITY OF PACIFICA' in large black block lettering at the top, with the word 'INCORPORATED' similarly written at the bottom followed by a small B&W outline of a circle separating it from the date 'NOV. 22, 1957'. The central image consists of a full frontal portrait mask of a classical figure in blue shadowed gray. An alternative version of this seal can be found at www.kell-smith.com/page3.htm ; in this version the seal in its entirety consists of a green line drawing.
Ron Lahav, 20 March 2005

Pacifica does have an official city seal, designed by Ralph Stackpole for the 1939-40 exposition. However documents also record "the official city seal was selected in 1960, on the basis of an artist's competition. The winner was Mr. Ralph Barkey, of Pacifica. The head is a caricature of the statue of Pacifica. The motto, underneath, reads, 'Progress in
Wisdom'"
Nicole Cuadra, Public Services Librarian, Pacifica, 19 July 2005