Resolution No. 6351
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RESOLUTION 6351
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994
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7 WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State
8 of California provides that the governing body of any local agency
9 adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate
10 for municipal election, including costs of the candidates'
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12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
13 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Section 10012
15 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate
16 for elective office to be voted for at an Election to be held in the
17 City of Vernon on April 12, 1994, may prepare a candidate's
18 statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The
19 statement may include the name, age, and occupation of the candidate
20 and a brief description of no more that 200 words of the candidate's
21 education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or
22 herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the
23 candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
24 organizations. The statement shall be filed in the office of the
25 City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed.
26 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period
2{l for filing nomination papers and until 5: 00 p.m. of the next working
28 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: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
SECTION 4: PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the
total cost including a ten percent (10%) administrative cost of
printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates
statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, and require each
candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his or her pro rata
share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the
voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any
cost in excess of the deposit or shall refund within 30 days of the
election any unused portion of the deposit.
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 at the next ensuing
municipal election and at each municipal election after that time.
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1 SECTION 8: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon is hereby
2 directed to certify to the passage of this resolution thereupon, and
3 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
4 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December, 1993.
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution
5 No. 6351 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon
6 at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday,
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City of Vernon.
thereafter duly signed by the Mayor of the
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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December 7, 1993, and
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