HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-11-13 - RESOLUTIONS - CANDIDATE REGS STATEMENTS (2)RESOLUTION NO. 01-141
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, 2002
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, 2002, 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 paper is 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m.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.
The statement of each candidate shall be printed in type of uniform size and darkness,
and with uniform spacing. Paragraphs will be printed in block style and may include bullet
points. No underlining and no bold lettering will be permitted. Limited use of all capital letters
may be considered.
SECTION 2: FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the City may be required to translate candidates'
statements into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish.
B. Pursuant to State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in the
voters pamphlet in any language at the candidate's request.
C. The City Clerk shall:
1. Have all candidates' statements translated into the languages specified in (A)
above.
2. Have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
3. Print any translations of candidates who request printing in the voters pamphlet.
SECTION 3: PAYMENT,
A. The candidate shall -be required to pay, for thecost of printing the candidate's statement
in English in the voters pamphlet,
B. The candidate- shall be required to pay for the cost of translating -the candidate's
statement into any required foreign language as specified in Section 2 (A) above pursuant to
State and/or Federal law.
C. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidates' 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 a 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 $1,300 for English and $2,200 for English and a Spanish translation. 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 (voters pamphlet).
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,
2002, 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13' day of November, 2001.
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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 13' day of November, 2001 by the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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Darcy, Kellar, Ferry, Smyth, Weste
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