RESOLUTION NO. 8461
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR A
NEW CITY SEAL AND LOGOS
WHEREAS, Section 1.08.020 of the Hawthorne Municipal Code provides that the City Council may alter, modify, or replace the City seal by resolution; and WHEREAS, the 1987 City seal is outdated in its style and various depictions; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to present a new image that is dynamic and visionary while remaining respectful to the City’s various previous seals, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hawthorne, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. The seal of the City, hereby adopted, shall incorporate a circular gold band, inscribes at the top in blue the words “CITY OF HAWTHORNE,” and on the bottom in white “City of Good Neighbors.” The band shall be pierced on the right side by a blue rocket/plane trailing two blue lines emanating from clouds and reappearing to the left of the clouds. The interior of the gold band shall be white with the following features depicted in blue and arranged from left to right: control tower of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Betty Ainsworth Sports Complex building, palm tree, silhouette of the City’s water tower.
Below these images shall be a blue field with “1922” centered, A gold sun shall be rising from the top of the clouds.
SECTION 2. Variations of the seal are also adopted as official logos of the City of Hawthorne according to the attached diagrams. These include versions of the seal in all black, all blue, and all white; a version with a representation of the seal forming the “O” within the word “HAWTHORNE” slightly larger than the other letters, and with “CITY OF” placed above and to the left, and “City of Good Neighbors” placed below and to the right, also in color, black, blue, or white; a version of the seal without the wording in the ring and “HAWTHORNE” below the seal and “City of Good Neighbors” below that, in color, black, blue, and white; and a simplified version intended for small applications that does not include a ring, and certain details of the featured structures are removed, having “HAWTHORNE” arcing above the top of the seal and “1922” enlarged for readability, in black, blue, or white.
SECTION 3. The official form of the seal shall be that as attached as exhibits to the original copy of this resolution and kept in digital form with the City Clerk.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby finds, in the exercise of its independent judgement and analysis, that this ordinance is exempt from the State CEQA Guidelines, this ordinance is NOT a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
2 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 14th day of May, 2024.
ALEX VARGAS, Mayor
City of Hawthorne, California
ATTEST:
DAYNA WILLIAMS-HUNTER, City Clerk
City of Hawthorne, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM
ROBERT KIM,
City Attorney
City of Hawthorne, California
3 EXHIBITS
DIAGRAM OF THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE OFFICIAL SEAL
4 PRIMARY LOGO LAYOUTS
Color version Black version
Blue version White version
5 HORIZONTAL LOGO LAYOUTS
Color version
Black version
Blue version
White version
6 STACKED LOGO LAYOUTS
Color version Black version
Blue version White version
7 SIMPLIFIED LOGO LAYOUTS
Black version Blue version
White version