Resolution - 2020-52RESOLUTION NO.2020-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTIN G
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina called a General Municipal
Election to be held on November 3, 2020 for the purpose of the election of two Members of the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
the governing body of any local agency may adopt certain regulations pertaining to materials
prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's statement;
and
WHEREAS, Section 13307(d) of the Elections Code of the State of California authorizes
the local agency to require each candidate filing a candidate's statement to pay in advance to the
local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition to having his or her statement
included in the voter's pamphlet.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
A. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each
candidate for elective office to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of
West Covina on November 3, 2020 may prepare a candidate's statement on an
appropriate form provided by the Assistant City Clerk.
B. 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 Words will be counted
in accordance with the word count standards set forth in Section 9 of the Elections
Code of the State of California. The statement shall not include the party affiliation
of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations.
C. 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nominations papers and
until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
D. The statement shall comply with all provisions of law, including, but not limited
to, Sections 13307 and 13308 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. A candidate may request that the candidate's statement also be printed in Spanish
and included in the English language version of the Official Sample Ballot Booklet,
at the candidate's own expense. The Los Angeles County Registrar-
Recorder/County Clerk only prints English and Spanish candidate statements in the
English language version of the Official Sample Booklet.
B. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act; Los Angeles County makes voting
materials available in the following languages: Chinese, Japanese, Spanish,
Tagalog/Filipino, and Vietnamese. The County also translates voting materials into
the following languages: Korean, Cambodian/Khmer, Hindi, Thai, Armenian, and
Farsi The County mails translated ballot information booklets to voters requesting
such material.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
The Assistant City Clerk shall work with the County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk to
estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate statements filed,
including the 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 of West
Covina his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included
in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet. 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 on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the Assistant City
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 actual cost. In the event of
underpayment, the Assistant City Clerk shall require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost
incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Assistant City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount
among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election. The
Assistant City Clerk shall include on the receipt for payment the information required pursuant to
Section 13307(d) of the Elections Code of the State of California regarding the estimated payment.
SECTION 4. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample
ballot package.
SECTION 5. The Assistant City Cleric shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative a copy of this resolution at the time the nominating papers are issued.
SECTION 6. All previous resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment for
the candidates' statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 3,
2020 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions and 8 shall become effecgw-inu ediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day(of June,2020.
APPROVED AS FORM
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Thomas P. D rte
City Attorney
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Lisa nick
Assi t City Clerk
I, LISA SIIERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-52 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, Califomia, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of June,
2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Lisa rrick
As is nt City Clerk