Resolution No. 7874,s
RESOLUTION NO. 7874
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 9, 2002
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of
California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt
regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON 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 an election to be held in the City
of Vernon on Tuesday, April 9, 2002, may prepare a candidate's
statement on an appropriate' form provided by the City Clerk. The
statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate
and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's
education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or
herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the
candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations._ The statement shall be filed in typewritten form in
the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination
papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,.,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.
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SECTION 2: FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must
be translated and printed in the voters pamphlet 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 in the voters pamphlet.
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 in the voters
pamphlet
4. 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 statements. 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
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clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost
incurred. In the event of overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the
excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid
within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
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 9, 2002 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of November, 2001.
ATTEST:
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
EONIS C. MALB RG, M yor
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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.
7874, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an
adjourned regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday,
November 28, 2001, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the
City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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