HomeMy WebLinkAbout23831 RESOLUTION NO. 23831
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 3, 2015.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the California Elections Code and Section
2.02.035 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code provides that the governing body of the
local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including the costs thereof.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Pursuant to Section 13307 of the California Elections Code each candidate for
elective office to be voted for at the City of Palm Springs General Municipal Election to
be held on November 3, 2015, 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. Pursuant to Section 13307(b) of the California
Elections Code bold font is prohibited. 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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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.
The City Clerk is NOT permitted to edit any material contained in candidate
profiles (statements). Candidates are responsible for proofreading spelling, punctuation
and grammar. Since the profile (statement) cannot be changed after it is submitted, it
is important for candidates to carefully prepare and proofread their profiles
(statements). Pursuant to the Palm Springs Municipal Code § 2.02.035, the City Clerk
shall not cause to be printed or circulated any profile (statement) which the City Clerk
determines does not comply with the provisions of the Elections Code. The City Clerk,
in his or her sole discretion, after first attempting to consult with the candidate, may
strike or modify the portion or portions of the candidate profile (statement) that is not in
compliance and thereafter cause to be printed and circulated the candidate's profile
(statement) as redacted or modified. [Palm Springs Municipal Code Section
2.02.035(c)]
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SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE POLICY.
Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended) the City is required to
translate candidate statements into Spanish. The City Clerk shall print all translations of
all candidates' statements in the voters pamphlet.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT.
The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates'
statements in English and Spanish.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidate's 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 City, his or her
estimated pro rata share as a condition of having the candidate statement included in
the voter's pamphlet.
The estimate is just an approximation of the actual costs 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.
The City Clerk shall bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any
excess paid depending on the final actual cost.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is directed to provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination papers are
issued.
SECTION 6. All previous resolutions adopting regulations for candidates'
statements are repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 3`d DAY OF JUNE, 2015.
DAVID H. READY, CI AGER
ATTEST:
AMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 23831 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 3`d day of June, 2015, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills,
and Mayor Pro Tern Lewin.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pougnet.
ABSTAIN: None.
PAES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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