HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-10-28 - RESOLUTIONS - CANDIDATE STATEMENT REGS (2)RESOLUTION NO. 97-120
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 14, 1998
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 14, 1998, 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 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00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 candidates'
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 rises.
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.
A. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in English.
B. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's
statement into any foreign language as specified in Section 2 (B) above pursuant to State and/or
Federal law.
C. 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 voters pamphlet, which will
be $1,000.00. 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 isnot 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 14,
1998, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8: 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 28th day of October 1997.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I Sharon L. Dawson. City 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 October , 1997 by the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Darcy, Heidt, smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Soyer, Klajic
CITY CLERK
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