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Transwiki approved by: w:en:User:Dmcdevit

Description
English: Seal of the State of California
Date
Source The base image came from [1] and is PD due to age.
Author Original uploader was Zscout370 at en.wikipedia
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Licensing

Public domain
This work was created by a government unit (including state, county, city, and municipal government agencies) that derives its powers from the laws of the State of California and is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). It is a public record that was not created by an agency which state law has allowed to claim copyright, and is therefore in the public domain in the United States.
Records subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.) "Public records" include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." (Cal. Gov't. Code § 6252(e).) notes that "[a]ll public records are subject to disclosure unless the Public Records Act expressly provides otherwise." County of Santa Clara v. CFAC California Government Code § 6254 lists categories of documents not subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. In addition, computer software is not considered a public record, while data and statistics collected (whether collected knowingly or unknowingly) by a government authority whose powers derive from the laws of California are public records (such as license plate reader images) pursuant to EFF & ACLU of Southern California v. Los Angeles Police Department & Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and are not exempt from disclosure and are public records.

Although the act only covers “writing,” the Act, pursuant to Government Code § 6252(g), states: “Writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs.

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Original upload log

date/time username resolution size edit summary
04:18, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:Zscout370 400×399 156 KB Created by me.

Image description page historia

link date/time username edit summary
[2] 11:24, 25 November 2007 w:en:User:Dmcdevit
[3] 17:02, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:Zscout370
[4] 11:06, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:ST47
[5] 11:06, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:ST47
[6] 04:23, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:Zscout370
[7] 04:20, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:STBotI
[8] 04:18, 7 October 2007 w:en:User:Zscout370 (Created by me.)

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Derreck Swanepoel South African Citizen 8307205166086 The way back from the Philippines 🇵🇭 follow on Facebook swanepoelderreck333@gmail.com

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31 December 1937

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:24, 18 May 2019Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 18 May 2019400 × 399 (380 KB)BlcksxAdded elements missing from previous version: fifth ship, building, and smokestack/smoke on steamship. Corrected placement of the lance in front of Minerva's right forearm. Corrected placement of the miner's right hand on the far side of the pickax's handle.
20:44, 21 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:44, 21 May 2010400 × 399 (153 KB)SvgalbertianRemoved remaining PNG elements.
03:39, 21 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:39, 21 May 2010400 × 399 (149 KB)Zscout370Trying to remove some of the PNG elements.
02:35, 21 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 02:35, 21 May 2010400 × 399 (151 KB)Zscout370There is nothing embeded from this, but I will see what I can do.
16:12, 5 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 16:12, 5 May 2010400 × 399 (169 KB)HydrargyrumReverted to version as of 05:16, 8 April 2010; bad Inkscape format fails W3C Validator
21:03, 4 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:03, 4 May 2010400 × 399 (169 KB)HydrargyrumFix alignment of lance elements; fix object stack problems introduced in last edit by Penubug (missing lance elements); saved as Inkscape SVG file
05:16, 8 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 05:16, 8 April 2010400 × 399 (169 KB)Penubagadd a .2px stroke
01:06, 30 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 01:06, 30 December 2007400 × 399 (156 KB)BetacommandBot Transwiki approved by: w:en:User:Dmcdevit {{Information |Description={{en|I am the creator of this image. The base image came from http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading1 and is PD due to age. category:Symbols of California}}

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