CC RES 1979-095 RESOLUTION NO. 79-95
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS
THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 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 thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 10012 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
Tuesday, April 8, 1980, 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 that two hundred
(200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the
candidate himself. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the
candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. Such
statement shall be filed 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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. o f the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to the
Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) , the City Clerk
shall provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement, and make said
translation available to any registered voter requesting same.
SECTION 3. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 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
his or her pro rata share as condition of having his or her statement
included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate.
SECTION 5. That 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. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of orginal Resolutions
of said City; and shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the
records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passed adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON December 18, 1979.
AYES: RYAN, BUERK AND MAYOR PRO TEM HEIN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR SHAW AND DYDA
ATTEST:
MAYOR PRO TEM
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK AND
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution
No. 79- 95 passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
at the meeting there of held this 18th day of December, 1979.
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK AND
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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