2008-08 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
4, 2008
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 GRAND TERRACE
DOES 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 Grand Terrace on November 4,
2008, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but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 nomination period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidates statement must be
translated and printed in Spanish at the candidates request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to
translate candidates statements into the following language in
addition to English: Spanish
C. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated
into the language specified in (b) above.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing
the candidates statement in English.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating
the candidates statement into any foreign language as specific
in (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
C. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing
the candidates statement in a foreign language. The City Clerk
shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating,
r- and mailing the candidates statement filed pursuant to this
section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with
the voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), 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
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having his or her statement included in their 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 any 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. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That all previous Resolutions establishing Council- policy on
payment for candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the Book of Resolutions.
Zryett Ferre, Mayor
ATTEST:
Brenda Mesa
City Clerk
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I, Brenda Mesa, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, held on the loth day of June, 2008,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Cortes, Miller and Buchanan; Mayor Pro Tem Garcia and
Mayor Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Mesa
City Clerk