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The annual fest launches Friday and will feature a diverse array of events across town throughout the weekend and next week. Some of those events, like the Matthew Shepard Candlelight Vigil, are somber, while others, like Thursday night Karaoke at the Great Untamed, are celebratory.
As might be expected in a dialogue encompassing political philosophy, free speech, inclusion and – by the same coin – exclusion, it was not without a few raised voices. But
City council members voted to change the proclamation process and remove it as one of the mayor’s powers.
The Torrance City Council this week formally adopted a resolution that effectively bars Pride rainbow flags and other displays of conflicting religious, racial or political beliefs from flying on municipal street light poles.
The resolution stipulates that only banners of city-sponsored events, as well as government and military flags, are allowed on light poles in the city’s public right of way.