I thought it looked pretty cool, and got online to find other alterations of the California flag. This got me inspired to return to the Flags part of the title of this forum.
There is an alternate history website that looks like it takes itself very seriously. Maybe not...but I lost the link (and refused to go look for it---my bad) and can't remember really what was going on. They did have two pretty sweet alterations: one that plays on the socialist/commie idea of our "Left Coast"; and a second that mixes the Azatlan aspect of California (North Mexico) with the Bear&Star of today:
The next few I found were color scheme alterations, the first two go with the blue and gold associated with the University of California system of institutions, and then an even more communist version similar to the one above:
There were also a few whacky ideas, like the Sasquatch from that footage and the area being limited to "Northern California":
And the goofy panda for the San Diego Republic:
I've been to San Diego, and while I never saw this down there, I got the feeling that if they liked it, it would quickly spread like wildfire and be everywhere...so, give it some time and see?
