CC RES 2007-078 RESOLUTION NO 2007-78
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 AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007.
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 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. That 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 6,
2007, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk.
Such 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. Such statement shall not include
party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations.
Such statement shall be filed in typewritten form in the office of the City Clerk at the time the
candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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 in addition to English: Chinese and
Korean.
b. Pursuant to State law,the City Clerk shall, upon the candidate's request, provide
a Spanish translation and printing of the candidate's statement at the requesting candidate's
expense.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates'statements translations made available
upon request in the City Clerk's office.
Section 3: Payment. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
translating and printing of the candidates' statement into a foreign language pursuant to
Federal and/or State law. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing,
translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section, including
costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended,
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
official sample ballot. 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 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: That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or candidate's
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination papers are issued.
Section 6: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions of said City.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED O J q, 3, 2007. Ai
Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2007-78 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on July 3, 2007.
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