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English: Flag of Sacramento, California

Date

6 February 2007

Source

w:Image:Flag of Sacramento, California.svg (of Sacramento, California.svg logs) by w:User:Henry W. Schmitt

Which was based on w:Image:SacramentoCA.jpg (logs)

Author

User:Henry W. Schmitt, User:DevinCook, User:Svgalbertian

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This work was created by a government unit (including state, county, city, and municipal government agencies) that derives its powers from the laws of the State of California and is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). It is a public record that was not created by an agency which state law has allowed to claim copyright, and is therefore in the public domain in the United States.

Records subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.) "Public records" include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." (Cal. Gov't. Code § 6252(e).) notes that "[a]ll public records are subject to disclosure unless the Public Records Act expressly provides otherwise." County of Santa Clara v. CFAC California Government Code § 6254 lists categories of documents not subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. In addition, computer software is not considered a public record, while data and statistics collected (whether collected knowingly or unknowingly) by a government authority whose powers derive from the laws of California are public records (such as license plate reader images) pursuant to EFF & ACLU of Southern California v. Los Angeles Police Department & Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and are not exempt from disclosure and are public records.

Although the act only covers “writing,” the Act, pursuant to Government Code § 6252(g), states: “Writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.

Agencies permitted to claim copyright

California's Constitution and its statutes do not permit any agency to claim copyright for "public records" unless authorized to do so by law. The following agencies are permitted to claim copyright and any works of these agencies should be assumed to be copyrighted outside of the United States without clear evidence to the contrary:

County boards of education. See Education Code § 1044.
School districts. See Education Code § 35170.
Community college districts. See Education Code § 72207.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control. See Health & Safety Code §§ 25111, 25201.11.
The Health and Human Services Agency (as to certain specified deliverables relating to the health information exchange). See Health & Safety Code § 130251.15.
The Commission on Judicial Appointments (as to certain recordings). Commission on Judicial Appointments, Guideline 7.
The California Education Information System. See Education Code §§ 10601, 10603.
The State Fire Marshal (as to promotional examinations). See Health & Safety Code § 13159.8.

County of Santa Clara v. CFAC held that the State of California, or any government entity which derives its power from the State, cannot enforce a copyright in any record subject to the Public Records Act in the absence of another state statute giving it the authority to do so. This applies even if there is a copyright notice, so long as the State of California or one of its agencies (other than those listed above) is indicated as the copyright holder.

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This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions. See WP:PD § Fonts and typefaces or Template talk:PD-textlogo for more information.

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Originally uploaded to en:Wikipedia (log) in February, March, and October 2007 by Henry W. Schmitt (talk) and in February 2008 by DevinCook (talk).

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:12, 13 October 2023	512 × 284 (6 KB)	Strenatos	Made in-gamut/pantone colourss
	20:32, 2 June 2022	900 × 500 (6 KB)	HapHaxion	file size reduction
	05:28, 22 March 2022	1,920 × 1,067 (14 KB)	292Jacob	fix code
	22:02, 21 July 2009	900 × 500 (8 KB)	Svgalbertian	Removed boarders, minor update based on http://www.worldstatesmen.org/us-cascm.gif
	18:58, 18 July 2009	222 × 121 (14 KB)	Svgalbertian	From w:File:Flag of Sacramento CA.svg by w:User:DevinCook
	12:11, 23 June 2007	222 × 121 (5 KB)	Himasaram	==Summary== {{en\|Flag of Sacramento, California}} {{PD-user-w\|en\|English Wikipedia\|Indolences}} {{insignia}} ==Source== w:Image:Flag of Sacramento CA.svg ===File history=== <nowiki> # 16:11, 6 March 2007 . . Indolences (Talk \| contribs) . . 222×121