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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-13 - RESOLUTIONS - CANDIDATE REGS MUNI ELECTION (2)RESOLUTION NO. 07-82 ' 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 8, 2008 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 candidate's 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 8, 2008, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.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 Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates' statements into the following languages: Spanish. B. Pursuant to State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in the voter's pamphlet in any language at the candidate's request. C. All translations shall be provided by Court -certified translators provided by the City's election supplier, Martin & Chapman. I D. The City Clerk shall: I . Translations: (a) have all candidates' statements translated into the languages specified in (A) above. (b) have translated those statements into the languages as requested by the candidate in (B) above. 2. Printing: (a) print any translations of candidates who so request printing in the main voter pamphlet. The main voter pamphlet will be an English pamphlet, also containing candidate statement translations if requested by the candidate. (b) print all translations of all candidates' statements pursuant to (A) above, in facsimile voter pamphlets. Facsimile voter pamphlets will be in Spanish. SECTION 3. PAYMENT. A. Translations: 1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's I statement into any required foreign language as specified in (A) and/or (B) above pursuant to Federal and/or State Law. 2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's statement into any foreign language that is not required as specified in (A) and/or (B) of Section 2 above, pursuant to Federal and/or State law, but is requested as an option by the candidate. B. Printing: 1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in English in the main voter pamphlet. 2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language required in (A) of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet. 3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language requested by the candidate per (B) of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet. 11 2 4. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's 1 statement in a foreign language required by (A) of Section 2 above, in the facsimile voter 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 voter's 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 (voter's 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 8, 2008, 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 13th day of November, 2007. ATTEST: ' CITY CLERK S i ,' ` 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) 1, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, 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 13th day of November, 2007, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kellar, Boydston, Ferry, Weste, McLean NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None El CITY CLERK i 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. 07-82, adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California on November 13, 2007, which is now on file in my office. Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of 20_ Sharon L. Dawson, CMC ' City Clerk By Susan Caputo Deputy City Clerk