HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-11-25 - RESOLUTIONS - 04 ADOPT CANDIDATE REGULATIONS (2)RESOLUTION NO. 03-147
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARTTA, 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 13, 2004
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 13, 2004, 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of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.
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SECTION 3: PAYMENT.
A. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost 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. 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 13, 2004, 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 25`" day of November, 2003.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CI.•ERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
)
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
)
I, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adoeted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 25` day of November, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ferry, McLean, Kellar, Weste, Smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Resolution No. 03-147, adopted by the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita, California on November 25, 2003, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Coffman
Deputy City Clerk