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Los Gatos council directs staff to draft commemorative flag policy and return with Pride-flag resolution for June 2026
Summary
After more than two hours of public comment split between supporters and opponents, the Los Gatos Town Council voted 4–1 to ask staff to prepare a commemorative-flag policy treating town flagpoles as government speech and to return with a resolution to raise the Progress Pride flag in June 2026.
Los Gatos’ Town Council voted 4–1 on Dec. 16 to direct staff to prepare a commemorative-flag policy and return with a resolution authorizing the Progress Pride flag to be raised in June 2026.
Town Manager Chris Constantine told the council that staff had researched approaches used elsewhere and laid out five options ranging from a strict “government flags only” rule to a council-authorized commemorative program. Constantine said the town’s current policy is limited and staff sought direction about whether to expand it, noting case law and the U.S. flag code and California regulations that guide display order and content limits.
The measure followed a marathon public-comment period in which dozens of residents…
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