This flag isn’t a tourist souvenir. It’s a warning. The California Don’t Tread On Us flag remixes the classic state symbol into living resistance. We didn’t just redesign the bear. We gave it voice. A roar that shakes the skyline from downtown LA to the Bay. Gadsden yellow floods the field because neutrality collapses under heat. This is not decoration. This is declaration.

Fly it from the fire escapes in Boyle Heights where collective kitchens feed neighbors after sweeps. Stretch it across fences in West Oakland where street medics rally before dawn. Hang it above the shared house where zines are printed and plans are made. California doesn’t just resist quietly. It pushes back with noise and strategy. This flag reflects that energy.

Don’t Tread On Us isn’t a threat. It’s a story. It’s the sound of footsteps that refuse to stop. It’s the voice in Sacramento when grassroots organizers call out betrayal. It’s the youth in Berkeley who turned walkouts into action. It’s the folks in San Diego who knit supplies into every march. This banner belongs to the people who build alternatives, from mutual aid to housing collectives, not to the politicians who talk and stall.

No kings. No masters. No governors with fancy titles and empty promises. Real power lives in the gatherings at noon in community centers, at night in basement meetings. You fly this flag there, where people are already organizing. You gift it to the one who refuses to be silent. You hang it where you live because this place is worth defending.

Strange Gang doesn’t make flags to be quaint. We make flags to be lived under, flown high, and carried through the streets. California won’t be stepped on. Not today. Not ever.