HomeMy Public PortalAboutCity Council_Resolution No. 21-5555_Adopting Regulations for Candidates at an Election to be held on March 8, 2022om` RESOLUTION NO. 21-5555
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2022.
WHEREAS, §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 statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §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
Temple City on March 8, 2022 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 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
with 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next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.
01M A. Pursuant to the California State law, the city is required to translate candidate statements
into the following languages: Spanish and Chinese.
B. Pursuant to California State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed
in the voter pamphlet in any language at the candidates request.
C. The City Clerk shall
1. Translations:
(a) have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified in 2(A)
above.
(b) have translated those statements into the languages as requested by the candidate
in (B) above.
2. Printing:
(a) print all translations of all candidates statements in the main voter pamphlet.
The main voter pamphlet will be in English, Spanish and Chinese.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement
into any required foreign language as specified in (A) and/or (B) of Section 2 above
pursuant to Federal andlor State law.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate statement
into any foreign language that is not required as specified in (A) and/or (B) of Section 2
above, pursuant to Federal andlor State law, but is requested as an option by the
candidate.
so„, B. Printing:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the=candidates statement
in a foreign language required in (A) of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate statement in
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a foreign language requested by the candidate per (B) of Section 2 above, in the main
voter pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's
statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the California
State law, and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her
estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. 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 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 clerk may require the candidate
to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess
amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A) All translations shall be provided by professionally -certified translators.
B) The City Clerk shall allow (bold type) (underlining) (capitalization) (indentations) (bullets)
(leading hyphens) to the same extent and manner as allowed in previous City elections.
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 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for
candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on March 8, 2022
and shall then be 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 ON 21-t DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021.
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I, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, Resolution No. 21-
5555 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 9th day
of September, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember—Chavez, Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist
NOES: Councilmember — None
ABSENT: Councilmember—Yu
ABSTAIN: Councilmember — None
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