CC - 2000-50 - Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective Office! !
RESOLUTION NO. 2000 -50
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001
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 candidate's 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 March 6, 2001, 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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 Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidate's
statements into the following languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese.
b. If the candidate so requests, the City is required by State law to print the
candidate's statement in Spanish and any other requested language in the voters
pamphlet.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the languages
specified in (a) above; have all translations made available upon request in the
office of the City Clerk; and print foreign language translations of candidate's
statements in the voters pamphlet for those who request such printing.
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SECTION 3. PAYMENT
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1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement in English in the voters pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's
statement in all required foreign languages as required by the Voting Rights Act.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement in any language(s) other than English in the voters 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 within
30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
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 City policy on payment for
candidate's statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at
each municipal election after that time.
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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 10th day of October, 2000.
MI - vow,
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ).
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution, being Resolution No. 2000 -50, was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Rosemead at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 101' day of October, 2000, and
that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 7 ✓�" , �% 7" `" `
NOES:
ABSENT: 7
ABSTAIN:.
City Clerk