Resolution No. 10111RESOLUTION NO. 10,111
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of
California provides that the governing body of any local agency shall
adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for
a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's 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 the mailed ballot election to be
held in the City of Vernon on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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.
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.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
printing the candidate's statement in English in the voters pamphlet.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
translating the candidate's statement into Spanish pursuant to State
law. The City Clerk shall select the person who provides the Spanish
translation pursuant to the criteria set forth in Elections Code
Section 13307(b).
C. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
printing the candidate's statement in Spanish in the voters pamphlet.
d. 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 paid, the estimate is just an approximation of
the actual cost that vary from one election to another election. The
actual cost for the current election 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
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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 the excess amount among the candidates and
refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
e. The City Clerk shall comply with all applicable State
statutes, regulations, standards and guidelines published by the
Secretary of State regarding candidates' statements, ballot
designations and other procedural items.
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
nomination documents 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 13, 2010 and shall then be repealed.
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SECTION 8: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage, approval and adoption of this resolution, and
the City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall cause this resolution and
the City Clerk's certification to be entered in the File of
Resolutions of the Council of this City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December, 2009.
ATTEST:
MANUELA GIRON, Cit. Clerk
Hllari,o Gonzales
Name:
Title: Mayor / M - 'ems
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, MANUELA GIRON, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 10,111, was
duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Monday,
December 7, 2009, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor
Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon.
Executed this , day of December, 2009, at Vernon, California.
(SEAL)
MANUELA GIROA, City Clerk
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: December 8, 2009
TO: Hilario Gonzales, Mayor
W. Michael McCormick, Mayor Pro-Tem
William Davis, Councilman
Richard Maisano, Councilman
Dan Newmire, Councilman
FR Nelly Giron, City Clerk
RE: Resolution No. 10,111 - A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of Vernon, California, Adopting
Regulations For Candidates For Elective Office
Pertaining to Candidate Statements Submitted to the
Voters at an Election to Be Held on Tuesday, April 13,
2010
Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No. 10,111,
referenced above, which was approved by City Council on December
7, 2009.
Thank you.
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c: Kristen Enomoto
Resolution No. 10,111
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CITY CIERWOS CFf10E
STAFF REPORT
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
DATKDecember 2, 2008
T: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council
FROM: Nally Qiron, City Clark
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RBA General Municipal Election --April 13, 2010
Measure A, Amendments to the City Charter, was taken to the voters and adopted by the
voters of the City of Vernon at a Spectal Municipal Election held June 2, 2009.
Measure A amended, among other sections of the City Charter, Chapter 3.4 !- the Election
Terms for councilmembers, "The terms of councilmembers shall be staggered so that each
councilmember shall serve a five year term and one council member shall be elected each
year.,!
Beginning with the General Municipal Election of 2010, municipal elections in the City of
Vernon will be held every year. Based on the lots drawn at the Council Meeting held
February 23, 2009, pursuant to the amendment, the order of expired council seats were
determined and established as follows:
Council Seat 1 McCormick 2011
Council Seat, 2 Malburg (Newmire) 201
Council Seat 3 Maisano 2010
Council Seat 4 Davis 2013
Council Seat 5 Gonzales 2014
The last day to adopt the following Election resolutions is December 7, 2009.
• resolution calling the election
• Resolution requesting the services from the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles.
• Resolution adopting regulations for candidates for elective office.
The adoption of the ENection resolutions will begin the process of the City's General Municipal
Election to be held April 13, 2010 for one councilmember seat for a term of five yea- rs.
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