2022-24 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022
WHEREAS, Section 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 candidate's statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 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 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) 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 The statement may be withdrawn but not changed, during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 5:00 p.m. of the next working day
after the close of nomination period.
SECTION 2. The following provisions shall govern foreign languages as to
candidate statements and voter information guides:
a. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate's statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of San Bernardino. The
County is required to translate candidate statements into the following
language in addition to English: Spanish
b. The County will print and mail voter information guides and candidate's
statement to all voters in English and Spanish.
SECTION 3. The following provisions shall govern payment relating to candidate
statements:
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's
statement into any required foreign language as specified in (a) and/or (b) of
Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and/or State Law.
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b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement in English and Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating,
and mailing the candidate's 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 pro rata share as a condition of 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 the 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. No Candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the
voter information guide.
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.
SECTION 6. All previous Resolutions establishing Council policy on payment
for candidate's statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 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.
SECTION 9. The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
SECTION 10. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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SECTION 11. The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject
to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2)
(the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6,
Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment,
directly or indirectly.
SECTION 12. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of May 2022.
Da cy yor
ATTEST:
Debra L. Thomas
City Clerk
APPROVED AS T ORM:
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Adrian R. Guerra
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I Debra L. Thomas, City Clerk of the CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2022-24
was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk, at the regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 24th day of May 2022, and that the same was passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Wilson, Robles; Mayor Pro Tern Hussey;
Mayor McNaboe
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
Executed this 26th day of May 2022, at Grand Terrace, California.
Debra L. 11homas =
City Clerk