Resolution - 6468RESOLUTION NO. 6468
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS
THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
• HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1982
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 thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
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 the General Municipal Election to be
held in the City of West covina on April 13, 1982, may prepare a candi-
date's 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 two hundred (200) words of the
candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate
himself. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the can-
didate, 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be withdrawn, but riot changed, during the periodfor;filing nomination
papers and until 5:00 PM of the next working day after the close of the
nomination period.
SECTION 2..SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have all can-
didates' statements translated into Spanish and made available upon
request. A notation in English and Spanish will be printed on the
voter's pamphlet indicating its availability upon'request through the
City Clerk's Office.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted
to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost
of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's state-
ments filed pursuant to the Elections Code, 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 City Clerk shall bill each candidate_ for any cost in excess of the
deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any -deposit.
SECTION 5. -That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or
the candidate's representative a copy of this resolution at the time
nomination papers are issued.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution,
PASSED, APPROVED -AND -ADOPTED ON December 1981.
ATTEST: 'Mayor Chester Shearer
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Ci y C erk Helene M. Mooney
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 6468 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 14th day of December by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmembers Bacon, Tennant, Tice, Shearer
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NOES: Councilmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmembers Chappell
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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