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RESOLUTION NO. 93-5616
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 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 statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY 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 Hermosa Beach on November 2, 1993 may
prepare a candidates 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 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may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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.
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SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
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 may be
required to translate candidates statements into the following
languages in addition to English: Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese,
Japanese, Tagalog.
C. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements
translated and made available to voters as required by law.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballots
package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay
the cost, up to a maximum of $300, of any required translating
and printing of the candidates statements into a foreign language
pursuant to State or Federal law. The City Clerk shall estimate
the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidates statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code,
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 City of Hermosa Beach his or
her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her
statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The required
estimate payment 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
City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and shall, on a pro rata
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basis, bill each candidate for additional actual expense or
refund any excess paid, depending on the final actual cost. In
the event of underpayment, the City Clerk shall require the
candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred, up to a
maximum of $300 for any required translating and printing. In
the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess)
amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid
within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 5. 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. 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 November 2, 1993, and shall then be
repealed.
SECTION 8. That this resolution shall be in effect upon
adoption.
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 THIS 22ND DAY OF JUNE, 1993.
PRESIDENT,_,'f the City Council and
MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach
AV-TtST: - APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES }
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH }
I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 93-5616 was duly and
regularly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular meeting of said
Council at the regular meeting place thereof on June 22, 1993.
The vote was as follows:
AYES: Benz, Edgerton, Essertier, Mayor Wiemans
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Midstokke
DATED: June 24, 1993
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