HomeMy Public PortalAbout77-243RESOLUTION NO, 77-243
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON, 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, THE 7TH DAY
OF MARCH, 1978
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California
authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt regulations pertaining to
materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs thereof;
and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the State of Califor-
nia (No. CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not be billed for the additional
cost of preparing candidates' statements in Spanish if such were not requested by the
candidate but were required solely by reason of recent amendments to the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975);
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
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 Carson on the 7th day of March ,
1978, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by theCity
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 edu-
cation 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but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. of 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 to be included in the
Voter's Pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot to each voter in said City.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with the
sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement of each candidate in
English, and Spanish, pursuant to law.
SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement shall
be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than the actual prorated costs of
printing and handling and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon
receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating pet tions are
issued.
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SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original 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 some is
passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day of November ,
1977.
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is
five; thavthe foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 77-243, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly
and regularly held on the 21st day of November 1977, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bridgers, Smith, Colas & Yamamoto
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Marbut
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City Clerk, City of Carson, ,alifornia