Flag of San Francisco

City and County of San Francisco
UseCivil flag
AdoptedDecember 16, 1940. Pictured version is c. 1940.
DesignA white field with a yellow border, with a phoenix rising from flames. On a ribbon below, "Oro en paz. Fierro en guerra." with "SAN FRANCISCO" in blue at the bottom.

The Flag of the City and County of San Francisco contains a rising phoenix in the center, often assumed to refer to the city's recovery from the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires. However, the phoenix had been a civic symbol of San Francisco at least since 1852, when it featured on the first official seal of the city. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco codified the design of the current flag on December 16, 1940.

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