Resolution Number 00-6-6-4333
RESOLUTION NO. 00-6-6-4
REGULATING CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS -
NOVEMBER 7 2000. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, 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 7, 2000
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 SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. General Provisions.
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 San Juan Capistrano on November 7, 2000, 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statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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 the nomination period.
SECTION 2. Foreign Language Policy.
a. Pursuant to State law, the Candidate's Statement must be translated
and printed in Spanish.
b. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to
translate Candidate's Statements into the following languages in addition to English:
Spanish and Vietnamese
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Vietnamese.
C. The City Clerk shall:
Have all Candidates' Statements translated into Spanish and
2. Have all translations made available upon request.
SECTION 3. Payment.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating,
and mailing the candidates statements 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 having his or her statement included in the
voter's pamphlet. 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 the
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. Additional Materials.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample
ballot package.
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 at the next ensuing municipal election and
at each municipal election after that time.
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That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption ofthis resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
June .2000.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. pn-6-6-4 adopted by the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of
June , 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: Council blembers Bathgate, Greiner, Bart, Swerdlin
and Hayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
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CH RYL
JOFWSOW, CITY CLERK
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