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RESOLUTION NO. 5896
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE
AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1996
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of
California authorizes the governing body of any
adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared
for a municipal election, including costs of
statement;
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by any candidate
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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE 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 the General Municipal Election to
be held in the City of Arcadia on April 9, 1996, may prepare a
candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City
Clerk for inclusion in the voter's pamphlet. Such statement may
include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
description of no more than two-hundred (200) words of the
candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate
himself or herself. Such statement shall not include party
affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan
political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the
office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination
papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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.
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SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
(a) Pursuant to state law, the City Clerk shall have
translated and printed in Spanish in the voters pamphlet only the
candidate statements of those candidate's who request translation
and printing.
(b) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is
required to translate candidate's statements into the Spanish and
Chinese languages, in addition to English.
(c) The city Clerk shall, (1) have all candidate's
statements translated into the languages specified in (b) above;
(2) have all translations specified in (b) above made available
upon request to the City Clerk: (3) print Spanish and/or Chinese
translations of candidate statements in the voters pamphlet at the
request of the candidate, in addition to English.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with
the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement
of each Candidate in English, and/or Spanish or Chinese or both for
those candidates who have requested such printing in the pamphlet.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in
the sample ballot pamphlet.
SECT ION 4. PAYMENT
That each candidate filing a candidate's statement to be
printed in the voter's pamphlet shall be required to pay the cost
of: (1) printing the candidate statement in English, and: (2)
printing the candidate statement in the voter's pamphlet in SpaniSh
and/or Chinese at the request of the candidate. The candidates
shall not be required to pay the cost of translating the
candidate's statement into the Spanish and Chinese languages
pursuant to State and Federal law per section 2{b) above. The City
shall pay this cost, i.e., the translation cost for those
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statements which will be available upon request in the office of
the City Clerk.
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). Said
estimate of cost stated at the time the candidate files his or her
candidate's statement is just an approximation of the actual cost
that varies from one election to another depending on the actual
number of candidates filing statements. Each candidate shall be
required to pay upon receipt of an invoice his or her prorated
share of actual costs. Said invoice shall be due and payable
immediately.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate
or the candidate's representative a copy of this resolution at the
time nominating papers are issued.
SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council
policy for payment of candidate's statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution;
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1995.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michael H. Miller, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5896 was passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by
the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 5th day of December, 1995 and that said
resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Councilm~nber Chang, Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
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