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RESOLUTION NO. 5760
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12,
1994
WHEREAS, section 10012 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. 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 12, 1994, 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 I 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statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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 state law, the City Clerk shall have translated and
printed in Spanish in the voters pamphlet only the candidate statements of
those candidates who request translation and printing.
(b) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required
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to translate candidates statements into the Spanish and Chinese languages,
in addition to English.
(c) The City Clerk shall, (1) have all candidates 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.
SECTION 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. Tile candidates shall not be required to pay the cost of
translating tile 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 statements
that 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.
~rhat the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the
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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 candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That the city Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution;
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
ATTEST:
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ci Clerk of t City ~f Arcadia
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. 5760 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 7th day of
December, 1993 and that said resolution was adopted by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES:
councilmembers Fasching, Harbicht, Lojeski, Margett and Ciraulo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
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C' Clerk of t cit of Arcadia
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