Great Seal of California (English Wikipedia)

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=00001-01000&file=399-405 California Government Code, Section 399-405 — Defines the Great Seal of the State of California, As of 2011^[update]. (This on-line text version is incomplete: The Great Seal appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill. See Chapter 134, page 902, Statutes of 1943.)

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John DeFerrari, “Triumph and Tragedy at Decatur House” Greater Greater Washington, accessed July 10, 2011

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Seal of California Archived June 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Native Sons of the Golden West, Redwood Parlor #66, retrieved February 14, 2013

The rumor may have been given further credence by the 1988 discovery that a printing plate in use by prison labor on behalf of the state printing office gave Minerva's face the appearance of Snoopy, the famous cartoon beagle. At first it was believed that it was a prank by the inmates but later was found to have been caused unintentionally by a worn printing plate. ("That Character on State Seal NOT Snoopy", Modesto Bee, April 1, 1988, B4). In a similar vein, Vermont inmates working in the prison print shop made an unsanctioned change to the state police emblem door decal used on the sides of thirty police cruisers. One of the spots on the cow (which is supposed to be there) was altered to take the shape of a pig. (Zach Howard, "Vermont Inmates Hide Pig in Official Police Car Decal", Reuters, February 2, 2012, accessed November 8, 2012)

The Seal of the City and County of San Francisco features a view of a ship steaming through the Golden Gate, and on each shore stands a structure. On the left is what appears to be Fort Point, and on the right, possibly Point Bonita Light. This seal, adopted by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1859 ("Seal of the City and County of San Francisco",^{[permanent dead link‍]} City and County of San Francisco, accessed July 6, 2011), may have influenced later artists of the state seal

Anne Lasky, "State Seal in Office Building" Archived May 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Los Angeles Public Library Images Database, accessed June 11, 2012
Seal of California Archived June 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Native Sons of the Golden West, Redwood Parlor #66, retrieved February 14, 2013

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=00001-01000&file=399-405 California Government Code, Section 399-405 — Defines the Great Seal of the State of California, As of 2011^[update]. (This on-line text version is incomplete: The Great Seal appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill. See Chapter 134, page 902, Statutes of 1943.)