File:California flag.png

Description	Flag of California. This version is designed to accurately depict the standard print of the bear as well as adhere to the official flag code regarding the size, position and proportion of the bear, the colors of the flag, and the position and size of the star.
Source	File:Flag_of_California.svg at WikiMedia Commons.
Date	28 January 2008
Author	Devin Cook (Wikipedia user)
Permission	I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. This image is a U.S. state flag. Such flags are in the public domain.

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Unlawful Uses California State Flag

While the design on the California state flag is in the public domain having been first published at least as early as 1911, it is UNLAWFUL under California law:

1. to solicit information,
2. to solicit the purchase of or payment for a product or service, or
3. to solicit the contribution of funds or membership fees by using the design on the California state flag and
4. to use that design in any way that would deceive an ordinary reasonable person into believing that its use is authorized by the State of California.

See CA Bus. & Prof. Code § 17533.6(a) and Penal Code §§472 and 538g(b).