# File:Flag of California.svg

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DescriptionFlag of California.svg | English: Flag of California. This version is designed to accurately depict the standard print of the bear as well as adhere to the official flag code regarding the size, position and proportion of the bear, the colors of the flag, and the position and size of the star. ᏣᎳᎩ: ᎠᏕᎳᏧᏢᎢ ᎦᏓᏘ Español: Bandera del Estado de California Français : Drapeau de la Californie Français cadien: Flag de la Californie Hawaiʻi: Ka hae Kaleponi עברית: דגל מדינת קליפורניה Italiano: Bandiera della California Latina: Vexillum Californiae Nederlands: Vlag van Californië Diné bizaad: Akééháshį́į́ Hahoodzo bidah naatʼaʼí Deitsch: Faahne vun Kalifornien Русский: Флаг Калифорнии. Соответствует официальному описанию пропорций размеров, положению звезды и медведя, а также оттенков цвета. Српски / srpski: Zastava američke savezne države Kalifornije
Date | 28 January 2008
Source | Own work
Author | Devin Cook
Permission (Reusing this file) | Public Domain
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current | 23:32, 26 October 2012 |  | 900 × 600 (365 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Updated plot. I had left out some grass between the first and second legs.
| 07:12, 21 October 2012 |  | 900 × 600 (385 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Changed the lettering again. The new lettering is designed to be both more readable and to look reminiscent of the defacto manufacturer appearance. Also, the letters were proportioned using 1/100 of the hoist as a base.
| 01:16, 10 September 2012 |  | 900 × 600 (386 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Cleaned up the lettering a bit. The leg shaded was updated to better reflect the official rendering. The grass plot was off just a bit.
| 20:28, 23 August 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (418 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Improved shading of chest using black and white rendering found in old copies of the California Blue Book.
| 20:26, 25 April 2009 |  | 900 × 600 (520 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Modified the star for better ratios. Removed extra points from bear (reduces file size). Modified white claws.
| 18:34, 24 December 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (611 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Recreated the red star. The spoke ratio was off very slightly in the last version.
| 17:48, 24 December 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (612 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 08:15, 24 December 2008
| 09:23, 24 December 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (603 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Trying to reduce code
| 08:15, 24 December 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (612 KB) | DevinCook (talk | contribs) | I manually redrew the flag using the image found in California Law 54-J-03. This includes the outline of the bear, shading of the light-brown as well as the grass plot and tuffs of dirt.
| 08:38, 17 December 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (283 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Something about the star bothered me, so I rotated it to where it is even

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