HomeMy Public PortalAbout93-004 RESOLUTION NO. 93-004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NNE 8, 1993
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 of the candidates statements;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA,
DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 10012 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 Carson on June 8, 1993, 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. Such statement shall be filed 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 6:00 p.m. of the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in
Spanish at the candidate's request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates
statements into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish, Vietnamese,
Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog.
C. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated but print only those
statements which the candidate requests to be printed, others available upon request
in the City Clerk's office.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. That each candidate shall be required to pay for the cost
of translating and printing of the candidates statements into a foreign language pursuant to State or Federal
law. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement shall be billed, for the services rendered, a sum no
greater than the actual prorated costs of printing and handling, including costs incurred as a result of
complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and such bill shall be due and payable
immediately upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. COPY OF RESOLUTION. 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. PRIOR RESOLUTIONS RESCINDED. That all previous resolutions
establishing council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed.
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SECTION 7. APPLICABILITY. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing
municipal election and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 8. CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY. 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 5th day of January, 1993.
OR
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, 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 four; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 93-004 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 5th day of
January, 1993, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas, Fajardo, and Mitoma
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Muise-Perez
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City Clerk, City of Carson, California