CC RES 2015-043 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-43
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 3, 2015.
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' statements;
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 an
Election to be held in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on November 3, 2015 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00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, Hindi, Japanese, Korean,
and Spanish.
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, Hindi, Japanese,
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, Hindi, Japanese, 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.
Section 7: 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.
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Section 8: All previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidates' statements are repealed.
Section 9: That 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 this 2nd day of June, 2015
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ATTEST:
IF
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2015-43 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof h- d on June 2, 2015.
City Clerk
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