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Signal Hill, California (U.S.)

Los Angeles County

image by Daniel Rentería, 30 June 2025

Flag
Seal
Previous flag and seal

See also:

Los Angeles County
Municipal flags of California (index page)
California
United States of America

Flag

The flag was first adopted in May (or possibly April) of 2025. It depicts the city seal, including its gray rim, over a blue field.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4012810108732773&id=400342973312856&set=a.695390630474754
Description by Daniel Rentería, 30 June 2025, photo located by Dave Folwer, 28 June 2025

The city of Signal Hill adopted a new city seal on November 14, 2023, to celebrate its centennial.
https://sigtrib.com/signal-hill-redesigns-city-seal-ahead-of-centennial-anniversary/

The city flag is required to include the city seal.
1.02.200 City Flag.

A. The City of Signal Hill shall have an official flag to be known as "The Flag of the City of Signal Hill" which shall depict the City Seal.
Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

Previous Version and Centennial flag

image by Daniel Rentería, 30 June 2025

White version of the flag: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1224400028669108
Daniel Rentería, 30 June 2025

image by Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

I've been told by Kimberly Bowles, Senior Deputy City Clerk, that the flag with the centennial celebration text will be flown during 2024.
Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

The centennial text flag certainly existed (even as an indoor flag): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=877185837873889 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1103582275107746

The 2024 flags were very short-lived, with the version using text appearing to start its use in late February (as can be seen indoors). Although primarily used, a textless city flag was sometimes also flown on the city flagpole. Their use lasted until May or April of 2025, when a new city flag was adopted.
Daniel Rentería, 30 June 2025

Seal

Image located by Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

The seal from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo

The seal and flag in the city code (https://codelibrary.amlegal.com):
1.02.020 Description.

A. The image of the City Seal is described and shown below:

Around the top half of the margin of the Seal shall be the city’s name, with the lower half of the margin surrounded by the words, “A Beacon of Progress.”

The middle inner circle section of the Seal contains a flame, with orange and red zinnia flowers immediately behind the flame surrounding it on the lower portion of the inner circle. On the right side of the flame there is a gray oil derrick, and two black and white eagle feathers paying tribute to the region’s Native American tribes on the right of the flame. The Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island are represented in the background. The city’s year of incorporation, 1924, is located at the top of the seal below the city’s name.

Celebratory seal: https://www.facebook.com/photo
Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

Previous flag and seal

image by Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

image located by Paul Bassinson, 30 May 2019

Source: https://www.cityofsignalhill.org/

Signal Hill, in Los Angeles County, has a flag, with the city seal on a white field.
https://signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Council-6-900x510.jpeg%e2%80%8b
https://signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Council-1-1-900x808.jpeg
https://cdn1.foap.com/images/99bc96ce-4997-4cbd-ac28-1b62b5c11799/w640.jpg?1497292030

Seal: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Signal_Hill_city_seal.png
Dave Fowler, 18 June 2019

The previous seal was designed in 1988 but did not become official until 2008. At least 2 different versions of the flag are used.

One version shows the woman with gold hair
https://www.facebook.com/cityofsignalhill/photos
https://i0.wp.com/sigtrib.com

image by Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024

Another version show the woman with brown hair
https://sigtrib.com
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Masao Okazaki, 26 May 2024