Calif. limits sales of Confederate flag
By Dan Brekke, KQED-TV
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that bars state agencies from selling or displaying the Confederate battle flag or any other items that bear the Civil War-era insignia.
The governor signed the bill, AB2444, by Assemblyman Isadore Hall, D-Compton, without comment.
Hall reportedly was inspired to propose the measure after his mother saw replica Confederate currency for sale at a state Capitol gift shop.
Hall’s bill passed easily in the Assembly and Senate. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, a tea party conservative, cast the only “no” vote in the lower house, saying the proposal would violate the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.