Resolution - 8131•
RESOLUTION NO. 8131
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1988.
• 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 of the
candidates statement.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES 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 an Election
to be held in the City of West Covina on April 12, 1988 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn,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. The City Clerk shall
have translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the
candidates statements of those candidates who request translation
and printing.
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 candidates statements 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 or shall
refund within 30 days of the election any unused portion of the
deposit.
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.
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SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only
to the election to be held on April 12, 1988 and shall then be
repealed.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into
the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 21, 1988.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.
8131 was adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of December,
1988, by the following vote of Council:
AYES: Councilmembers: Tennant, Bacon, Shearer, Manners
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembe'rs: Chappell
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
City Clerk