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.
In granting the demurrer filed by the city, Judge Timothy Canning ruled that the city, in its regular practice of publicly posting their agendas six days in advance of the meeting, would have turned their regular Oct. 3 meeting into a special meeting had they placed the Housing for All initiative after posting their agenda.