HomeMy WebLinkAbout22492 - RESOLUTIONS - 6/3/2009 RESOLUTION NO. 22492
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, 2009.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the California Elections 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, 2009, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not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.
SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE POLICY.
Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act 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.
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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.
ADOPTED THIS 3rd DAY OF JUNE, 2009.
David H. Read Hager
ATTEST:
J mes Thompson, City Clerk
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. 22492 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 June 3, 2009, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember
Weigel, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Pougnet
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
J mes Thompson, City Clerk
ity of Palm Springs, California __