“It would simplify our lives if we just said no other flags,” Halford said.īy that Halford said it meant they would not be creating a controversy every time a different flag is raised.Ĭouncilman Gary Singh took a different tact. The council on a 3-2 vote Tuesday with Dave Breitenbucher and Charlie Halford dissenting adopted a formal policy governing when a third flag may join the United States and State of California flags on poles on either side of the council chambers building at the Manteca Civic Center.