Summary#

ACR 225, titled 9/11 Remembrance Flag, is a California Assembly Concurrent Resolution. It does not amend an existing Act or require public buildings to display a flag. Its stated goal is to honor and remember people affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks.

• It encourages the chief administrator of each state-, county-, or municipality-owned public building or facility to display the flag on September 11 each year.
• It also encourages those administrators to set procedures for displaying the flag.
• A public official or a building’s chief administrator may accept donated flags for display at those public buildings or facilities.

What it means for you#

• Public building administrators: They are encouraged, but not required, to display the flag each September 11 or set display procedures.
• Public officials and people donating flags: Officials and administrators may accept donated flags for display at a covered public building or facility.
• General public: The resolution does not require you to display, buy, or donate a flag. It does not create a new public service or a binding display rule.

Money#

No cost information is provided in the supplied material.

• The resolution does not appropriate money or require public agencies to buy flags.
• If an agency chooses to display the flag, the cost of a flag or arranging its display would depend on that choice. The material gives no estimate.
• Agencies may accept donated flags.

What is unclear#

• The resolution does not set a required display process, deadline for setting procedures, or oversight.
• It does not say how agencies should handle costs if they choose to display the flag.
• It does not require agencies to report whether they displayed the flag.

Case for#

• The resolution appears intended to support annual remembrance of those killed or affected by the attacks.
• A shared annual display could serve as a visible reminder and, as the resolution states, an educational tool.
• Allowing donated flags may let public buildings display one without buying it.

Case against#

• Display is encouraged, not required, so whether the flag appears will depend on each administrator’s choice.
• The resolution does not provide funding or set common procedures, so practices may differ across public buildings.
• It gives no reporting or oversight process to show how often the flag is displayed.