HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-11-28 - RESOLUTIONS - ELECTION CANDIDATE REGS (2)RESOLUTION NO. 95.133
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO
THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1996
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by
any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections
Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an Election
to be held in the City of Santa Clarita on April 9, 1996, may prepare a candidate's statement on
an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement may include the name, age and
occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's
education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall
not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
T organizations. The statement shall be filed, in typewritten form, in the office of the City Clerk
at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but
not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2: FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to State law, the candidates statement must be translated and
printed in Spanish at the candidate's request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidate's
statements into the following languages. in addition to English: Spanish. However,
the City Clerk will review other languages and will print them in other languages,
when the need arises.
c. The City Clerk shall:
1. have all candidate's statements translated into the languages specified in
(b) above.
2. have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City
Clerk.
3. print Spanish translations of candidates who request printing in the voters
pamphlet.
SECTION 3: PAYMENT.
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidate's statement in English.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidate's statement into any foreign language as specified in (b) above
pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates
statements in a foreign language.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the
candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of
complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and require each candidate filing
statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a
condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet, which will be $1150.
In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an approximation of the
actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or
less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements.
Accordingly, the Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the
candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual
cost. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the
candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5: That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 6: That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidate statements are repealed.
SECTION 7: That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on April 9,
1996, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION S: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this zarh day of tinymn ,Ar 1995.
YOR
ATT ST:
iTY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Donna M. Grindey. qty Clerk do HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof,
held on the 28th day of November , 1995 by the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Boyer, Heidt, Smyth, Pederson, Darcy
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABS7 COUNCILMEMBERS: N6ne
FI Y CLERK
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