CC RES 2011-043 RESOLUTION NO. 2011-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 8, 2011.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides
that the governing body of any local agency may adopt regulations pertaining to materials
prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including regulations pertaining to the
costs of preparing the candidate's statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER 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 General
Municipal Election to be held in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on November 8, 2011,
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 two hundred (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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until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 the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate
candidates' statements into the following languages: Chinese and Korean.
b. Pursuant to state law, the City Clerk shall, at the request of the candidate, provide a
Spanish translation and printing of the candidate's statement in the English version of the
Official Sample Ballot and Voting Instructions, at the expense of the candidate.
c. The County will print and mail a separate translated Official Sample Ballot and
Voting Instructions, including the candidates' statements, for Los Angeles County-
conducted elections in the area where the City is located to those voters who are on the
county voter file as having requested a sample ballot in Chinese, Korean, or Spanish. The
County will make the Official Sample Ballot and Voting Instructions, including the
candidates' statements, in the City's required languages available on the County's website,
at the polling locations that have been identified as requiring oral language assistance, and
in the Election Official's office.
Section 3. Candidates Statements Availability.
Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 13313, the City Clerk shall have all
candidates' statements made available for public examination in the City Clerk's office for
a period of ten (10) calendar days immediately following the filing deadline for submission
of those documents.
Section 4. Payment.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement into English, and Spanish, if requested by the candidate, in the English
version of the Official Sample Ballot and Voting Instructions.
b. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing a separate
translated Official Sample Ballot and Voting Instructions, including the candidates'
statements, in Chinese, Korean, or Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidates statements filed pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections
Code, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended. The City requires each candidate filing a statement to pay in
advance to the City his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his
or her statement included in the Official Sample Ballot and Voting Instructions. 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 City 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 City Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the
cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess
amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within thirty (30)
days of the election.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a. All translations shall be provided by professionally-certified translators.
b. The statement of each candidate shall be printed in uniform type, style and spacing.
c. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the
California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other matters
relating to elections.
Section 6. Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
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Section 7. 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 8. All previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidates
statements are repealed.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and
enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON June 21, i 1
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Mayor
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I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2011-43 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on June 21, 2011.
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