The Earth flag spent over a year flying atop city-owned flagpoles – the result of 2022's Measure M, which passed in Arcata with 52.31% of the vote – until a recent ruling from a Humboldt County judge declared it illegal to fly any other flag above the Stars and Stripes on municipal flagpoles.
Despite the will of a narrow majority of Arcata voters, the city can't legally fly an Earth flag above the stars and bars stripes on its municipal flagpole.