The Board of Supervisors may appoint an ad hoc committee to help decide what flags will be allowed to be flown at county facilities.
The committee, in turn, would make recommendations for the full board to consider.
In the past several years, board members have received multiple requests from community groups seeking to fly commemorative or specialty flags on certain dates.
The Board of Supervisors’ Flag Policy provides clear guidelines for the display of the United States, California State and San Joaquin County flags, as well as process for the limited display of commemorative flags by a 4/5th vote of the board.
To provide a more structured and consistent approach for evaluating such requests, the board on Tuesday will consider creating an ad hoc committee to review such requests and make a recommendation to the board in accordance with the policy.
*United States Flag and the State of California Flag shall be displayed in accordance with Federal and State law, including Title 4 and Title 36 of the United States Code and Sections 430 through 439 of the California Government Code.
*The County of San Joaquin Flag, if displayed on a County flagpole with the United States Flag and California State Flag, shall be placed in the third position of honor below the United States Flag and California State Flag.
*Commemorative Flags shall mean any flag which identifies with a specific date, historical event, cause, nation or group of people, whereby the County honors or commemorates the date, event, cause, nation or people by flying the flag.
* The County shall display Commemorative Flags only if authorized by the Board of Supervisors as an expression of the County’s Official speech in accordance with the procedures outlined in this policy.
*The County’s flagpoles are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public.
*Only one Commemorative Flag will be flown at a time.
The Manteca City Council in June also indicated they will weigh possible changes to the city’s commemorative flag policy.
