Resolution No. 74421 RESOLUTION NO. 7442
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
3 CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN
4 ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2000.
5 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of
6 California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt
7 regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
8 municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement.
9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
10 OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
11 SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Section 13307 of
12 the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for
13 elective office to be voted for at an election to be held in the City of
14 Vernon on Tuesday, April 11, 2000, may prepare a candidate's statement
15 on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement may
16 include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
17 description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and
18 qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The
19 statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
20 membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The
21 statement shall be filed in typewritten form in the office of the City
22 Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The
23 statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for
24 filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day
25 after the close of the nomination period.
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SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be
translated and printed in Spanish at the candidate's
request.
b. The City Clerk shall have translated only those
statements into Spanish as requested by the candidate.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost
of printing the candidate's statement in English.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost
of translating the candidate's statement into Spanish pursuant to State
law.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost
of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language. The City
Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating,
and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to the Elections
Code, and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to
the local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of
having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. In the
event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an
approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to
another election and may be significantly more or less than the
estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statement.
Accordingly, the clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro
rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund
any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of
underpayment, the clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of
the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the clerk shall prorate
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1 the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid
2 within 30 days of the election.
3 SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
4 permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
5 SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate
6 or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time
7 nominating petitions are issued.
8 SECTION 6. All previous resolutions establishing council
9 policy on payment for candidates' statements are repealed.
10 SECTION 7. This resolution shall apply only to the election
11 to be held on April 11, 2000 and shall then be repealed.
12 SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
13 and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original
14 resolutions.
15 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of November, 1999.
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EONIS C. M9kBURG, M yor
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 7442,
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an
adjourned regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday,
November 23, 1999, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the
City of Vernon.
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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