HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-060 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 16-060
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS OF THE
CANDIDATE STATEMENT FOR THE NOVEMBER 8, 2016
ELECTION.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
the governing body of any city may adopt a charge against candidates pertaining to materials
prepared by any candidate for municipal election, including costs of the candidates' statement.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby
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 the General Municipal
Election to be held in the City of Rancho Cucamonga on November 8, 2016, may prepare a
candidate statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such 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. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or
activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the Office of the City
Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn,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: Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 3. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights
Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of San
Bernardino. The County will mail separate sample ballots and candidates statements in the
required languages to only those voters who are on the county voter file as having requested a
sample ballot in a particular language. The County will make the sample ballots and candidates
statements in the required languages available at all polling places, on the County's website, and
in the Election Official's office.
SECTION 4: Payment. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling,
translating and mailing the candidate's 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 his or her 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 upon 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
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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.
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
candidate's statements are repealed.
SECTION 7: That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November
8, 2016 and shall then be repealed.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1s' day of June 2016.
AYES: Alexander, Kennedy, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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ATTEST:
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ice C. Reynolds, Cit Clerk
I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a Regular Meeting
of said City Council held on the 1s' day of June 2016.
Executed this 2nd day of June 2016, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Bice C. Reynolds, City CI k
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