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Home My Public Portal About04-160 RESOLUTION NO. 04-160 p, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ES SAT ORNIAs I RCI CITY OF CEEO G TOANDATES S ATEMENT FOR LCT VE OFF ERTAN N SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION WHEREAS, §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California Provides �candidate efor a body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared Y municipal elution+ ncluding costs of the candidates statement; CALIFORNIA, ILI, CITY OF CARSON9 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE9 Of the SECTION 1. GENERAL� PROVISIONS,*eet elective office to �tee for atlas Election to be held in Code City of State of California, each appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The Carson may prepare a candidate's statement on an apP P statement May include the name, age and occupationl e�Pre� by e�� himself�or �� 2� wormy of the candidate's education and qualitications herself. Th e statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity In 0 written form in the office of the City partisan political organizations. The statement shal be filed 1II may be withdrawn, but not rs and until 6:00 peme of the next working day afar Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers changed, during the period for filing nomination papa the close of the nomination period. SECTION 20 FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICYe city may be required to translate candidates a. Pursuant to the Voting es: S apish and Tagalog. statements into the following languag p the at the�caandidate's requestust be translated and printed in the voters b. pursuant to state l pamphlet in any language c. The City Clerk shall: a es s cified in (a) above.the 1. Have all candidates statements translated '►nt°eat in the office f�e City Clerk. 2. Have all translations made available upon request 3, Print any transt in the voters pamphlet. ationa of candidates who 9° request pnn SE CTION 39 PAYMENT. � � pay for the cost of p rinting the candidate's statement in a. The candidate shall be req ul English in the voters p an►Phlet. b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating as�� to s�� o any required foreign language as sP�ified in (a) and/or (b) Federal lawo pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into o, The candidate shall be required to r Resolution No.04-160 Page 2 of 3 an foreign language that is not required as specified in (a) and/or (b) of Section 2 above, Y or Federal law, but is requested as an option by the c pursuant to State and\ �di statement in a d. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates foreign language in the voters pamphlet. l cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's tie ��ction including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Votthe g The City Clerk shall estamate statements filed pursuant to this se need and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in �v�� to Rights Act of 1965 (as �e �� a condition of having his or her statement included in local agency his or her estimated pro rata share roximation the voters pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate.is just an aPPore or less varies from one election to another election and may be si8nlficantly m the clerk of the actual cost that ACcOrdingly, estimate depending on the actual number of candidates filing g��me ��itional actual expense than the � bill the candidate for is not bound by the estimate and maYg on a Pro rata basis, In the event of underpayment, the clerk may or refund any excess Paid depending on the final actual cost. the clerk shall • to to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpaymen30 days of the require the candida prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within election. SECTION 40 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package* ide each candidate or the candidate's representative a SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall are issued. ropy of this Resolution at the time no minatin g petitions SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed. SECTION 7 That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election. SECTION 80 That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of or resolutions. VED AND ADOPTED ON THE 16m DAY OF NOVEMBER, ?.004• PASSED, APPRO MAYOR ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY CLE RK C1I Y A1T`T0t.*Y ------------ Resolution No.04-160 Page 3 of 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF CARSON I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of C California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is four; that the foregoing resolution,being Resolution No. 04-160 by said Cou as duly and regularly adihatahe same was passed t a regu and adopted by gheufollowing vote: held on the 16th day of November, 2004, and AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Dear, Santarina, and Ruiz-Raber NOES: COiINCIL MEMBERS: None None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Pro Tem Calas ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: i City Clerk, City o Carson Calif ornia