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Former L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn designed a new seal, which was drawn by Millard Sheets, and adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on January 2, 1957, effective March 1, 1957. It included an image of Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees, and the symbols of a cross and oil derricks.
English: The current seal of Los Angeles County, California (used from 2004 to 2014 and 2016 to present), e.g. "L.A. County seal", adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in September 2004 and readopted in 2016. It replaced the L.A. County seal that was adopted in March 1957 and January 2014.
Los Angeles County was one of the original counties established at the time of statehood. The eastern part of the original county was set aside in 1853 as San Bernardino County . In 1866 Kern County was established with land that had previously been assigned to Tulare and Los Angeles Counties.
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.).
The Seal of the City of Los Angeles is, since 1905, the official seal of the City of Los Angeles, a city located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The escutcheon is encircled by the legal name of the city (City of Los Angeles) and year founded (1781). It was adopted on March 27, 1905, via Ordinance 10,834.
Symbol Description Year Image Source Amphibian: California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold
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English: The flag of Los Angeles County — in Southern California.Used from 2004 to 2014 and from 2016 to the present. The current "Los Angeles County flag". It consists of the Los Angeles County seal on a rich blue background, with the words "COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES" on a green stripe across the bottom.