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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6502 RESOLUTION NO. 6502 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECT1VE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDA Y, APRlL 11, 2006 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California authorizes the governing body of any local agency to 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 ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 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 II, 2006 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 1 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. (a) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City shall translate candidates' statements into the Chinese language. (b) Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 13307, the candidate's statement shall be translated and printed in Spanish if requested by the candidate. (c) The City Clerk shall I. Translations (a) have all candidates' statements translated into the Chinese language. (b) have translated into Spanish only those statements requested by a candidate. 2. Printing (a) print all translations of all candidates' statements III the voters pamphlet. 2 6502 SECTION 3. PA YMENT. A. Translations: I. Each candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's statement into the Chinese language and ifrequested by the candidate, into the Spanish language. B. Printing: I. Each candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in English in the voters pamphlet. 2. Each candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing each 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 costs 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. 3 6502 SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MA TERlALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package. SECTION 5. 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. All prevIOus resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed. SECTION 7. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on April II, 2006 and shall then be repealed. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Passed, approved, and adopted this 6th day of December , 2005. Mayo of the City of Arcadia ATTEST: ~ II/? ~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia APPROVED AS TO FORM~ M~~ p TdtvQ Stephen P. Deitsch City Attorney 4 6502 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 6502 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 6th day of December, 2005 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: A YES: Council Member Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo NOES: None ABSENT: None ~~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia 5 6502