CC - 2016-54 - Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective Office Pertaining to Candidate StatementsRESOLUTION NO. 2016-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017
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, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. 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 March 7, 2017 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period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 the Federal Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates
statements into the following languages:
Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
B. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed (in the
voters' pamphlet) in any language at the candidates request.
C. The City Clerk shall
(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 all translations of all candidates statements in the main voter pamphlet.
- the main voter pamphlet will be in English and Spanish and Chinese and
Vietnamese.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates'
statement into any required foreign language as specified in (A) and/or (B) of
Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and \or State law.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates
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 not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates
statement in English in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates
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 candidates'
statement in a foreign language requested by the candidate per (B) of Section 2
above, in the main voter pamphlet.
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 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 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
of the election.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A) All translations shall be provided by professionally - certified translators.
B) The City Clerk shall allow (bold type) (underlining) (capitalization) (indentations)
(bullets) (leading hyphens) to the same extent and manner as allowed in previous
City elections.
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 council policy on payment for
candidates' statements are 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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this l lth day of October, 2016.
Sandra Armenta, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
I, Marc Donohue, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rosemead, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution, No. 2016 -54, was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Rosemead, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11 lb day of
October, 2016, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: ALARCON, ARMENTA, CLARK, LOW, LY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Marc Donohue, City Clerk