Earth flag shifted down on Arcata flagpoles

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Earth flag shifted down on Arcata flagpoles

Arcata’s “Blue Marble” Earth flag now flies third on city-owned flagpoles, beneath the California bear and the Stars and Stripes. The Earth flag spent over a year flying atop city-owned flagpoles – the result of 2022’s Measure M, which passed in Arcata with 52.31% of the vote – until a recent ruling from a Humboldt County judge declared it illegal to fly any other flag above the American flag on municipal flagpoles. Measure M proponent and forme…