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San Bernardino County has a new flag.
The board of supervisors approved the new flag design Dec. 3, the first change in 40 years, and only the third flag in the county’s 171-year history according to a statement on the county’s website.
The new flag was designed by the county’s Administrative Office Design Team, with an assist from some county officials. It has five stars – one for each supervisorial district – a mountain silhouette, and gold and blue stripes that represent the county’s desert and valley communities.
“I’m proud of our new county flag and I look forward to seeing it fly at county offices and proudly displayed in our meeting rooms,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman and Third District Supervisor Dawn Rowe. “The stars and stripes celebrate the unique diversity of our geography and communities and the colors are bold and distinct in a way befitting the nation’s largest county.”
To protect against the creation of alternative county flags, the board on also a adopted a flag policy that defines the flag in precise detail and governs its use along with the U.S. and state flags.
The board adopted the first county flag in 1973. Like the new design, it had a scalloped arrowhead logo, the 1853 date commemorating the year the county was founded, and a depiction of mountains.
