CC – 2026-25 – Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective Office Pertaining to Candidates Statements Submitted to the Voters at an Election to Be Held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026RESOLUTION NO. 2026-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026
WHEREAS, §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 ROSEMEAD,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §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 Rosemead on November 3, 2026 may prepare a candidate's statement on
an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk or designee. The statement may include the
name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than 200 words
using Times New Roman font 11 point size, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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. on the last day of the nomination period.
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: Chinese, Spanish, and
Vietnamese.
B. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement may be translated and printed (in
the voters' pamphlet) in any language at the candidate's request.
C. The City Clerk shall:
1. 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.
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 underpayment, the clerk may
require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the
clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid
within 30 days after the City receives the final candidate statement invoice from the County after
the election.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A, All translations shall be provided by professionally certified translators. If there
has been no communication received by the City Clerk from the candidate during
the proof review timeframe, the candidates' statement will be deemed to have
been approved. All proposed changes made by the candidate must be reviewed
and approved by a professionally certified translator, whose determination will be
final.
B. The City Clerk shall allow bold type, underlining, word capitalization, leading
hyphens to the same extent and manner as allowed by the Los Angeles County
Clerk in previous City elections. Endre statements in all capital letters are not
acceptable. Indentations, circles, stars, dots, italics and/or bullets cannot be
accommodated.
C. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by
the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other
matters relating to elections.
SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That all previous resolutions establishing City policy on payment for
candidates' statements are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election
and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.