The seal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" class="extiw" title="w:Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County, California</a>, used from 1957 to 2004. It was adopted on January 2, 1957 and put into use from March 1, 1957. It was replaced on September 14, 2004, after a legal objection to the cross above the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl" class="extiw" title="w:Hollywood Bowl">Hollywood Bowl</a>. Its replacement resembled this seal, changing the central figure from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona" class="extiw" title="w:Pomona">Pomona</a> (Roman goddess of fruit trees) to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="w:Native Americans in the United States">Native American woman</a>, removing the cross above the Hollywood Bowl and the oil derricks. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Gabriel_Arc%C3%A1ngel" class="extiw" title="w:Mission San Gabriel Arcángel">Mission San Gabriel Arcángel</a> was added, with the Hollywood Bowl and stars being shifted to the location of the removed oil derricks.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Sheets" class="extiw" title="w:Millard Sheets">Millard Sheets</a>
1957-01-02
Extracted from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050528151141/http://lacounty.info/civic_center_mall.pdf">Civic Center Mall Map</a>