CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
2175 Cherry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755-3799
November 13, 2025
TO: CARLO TOMAINO
CITY MANAGER
FROM: ALFA LOPEZ
ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER SUBJECT: DCC PROPOSED FLAGS: 2026 COMMEMORATIVE FLAG DISPLAY SCHEDULE As part of the annual process, the City Council is gathering feedback on which commemorative flags should be displayed on City property to recognize significant cultural, civic, and community observances. The Diversity Coalition Committee (DCC) met on November 12, 2025, to review and provide input to the City Council on proposed entries for the City’s 2026 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule. Staff is presenting the following recommendations for the City Council’s consideration during the November 13, 2025, meeting, as part of the adoption of the 2026 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule:
1. New Proposed Flags
a) World Kindness Day (November 13)
2. Potential Reinstatement of some of Previously Displayed Flags at no Additional Cost:
a) Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May)
b) Older Americans Month (May)
c) Disability Pride Month (July)
d) Interfaith Month of Gratitude (November)
e) Native American Heritage Month (November)
f) World Mental Health Day (October 10)
Attachments: 2024 and 2025 Commemorative Flag Display Schedules 2025 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule
Exhibit A
Time Period Flag Image Notes
February Commemorating Black History Month
March Commemorating Women’s History Month
April Commemorating Cambodian New Year
April Commemorating Thai New Year
May 1 Commemorating National Day of Prayer –
May 1
May 6 – May 22 Commemorating Older Americans Month
May 22 – July 1 Commemorating LGBTQ Pride month and
LGBTQ social movements (per Resolution
No. 2019-05-6319)
2024 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule
Time Period Flag Image Notes
February 1 — Commemorating Black History Month
February 29
March 4 — Commemorating Women' s History Month
April 1
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April 1 — Flag Design To Be Commemorating Thai New Year Apri130 Determined
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May 6 — May Commemorating Asian American and Pacific
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May 22 — July . Commemorating LGBTQ Pride month and LGBTQ social movements ( per Resolution No. 2019-
056319).
Exhibit A
2024 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule
July 1 — July Commemorating Disability Pride Month
31 September Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month 16 — October
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October 10 — Commemorating World Mental Health Day
October 31
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Exhibit A
2025 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule
Exhibit A
August Commemorating Women’s Equality Day
September 15 –
October 15
Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage
Month
November 3 –
November 20
Commemorating International Men’s Day
November 24 –
December 31
Commemorating Interfaith Month of Gratitude