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RESOLUTION NO. 5636
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE
ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY,
APRIL 14, 1992.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of
California authori.zes the governing body of any local agency to adopt
regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including costs thereof:
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 10012
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 14, 1992, may prepare a
candidate I s statement on an appropriate form provided by the City
Clerk. 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/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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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. on the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
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SECTION 2.
SPANISH LANGUAGE.
The City Clerk shall have
translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the candidates'
statements of those candidates who request translation and printing.
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 Spanish for those candidates who have
requested the translation pursuant to law.
No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. That each candidate filing a candidate's
statement shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater
than the actual prorated costs of printing, handling, translating and
mailing the candidate's statement filed pursuant to the Elections Code,
and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt
thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or
the candidate' s rl~presentative a copy of this Resolution at the time
nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council
policy for payment of candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That the city Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution;
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
Mayor of the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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Arcadia
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, city Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5636 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 3rd day of December, 1991 and that said
Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmember Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht, Young and Gilb
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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