RESOLUTION NO. 2024-034
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORONA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE,
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the government body of any local agenda adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including cost of the candidate’s statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at a General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Corona on November 5, 2024, may prepare a candidate’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 200 words of the candidate’s education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the office of the Clerk at the time the candidate’s nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nominations paper and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates’ statements into the following language: Spanish
That the City Clerk shall:
1. Translations: have all candidate statements translated into the language specified above.
2. Printing
a. Print an English only voter pamphlet to be mailed to all voters. b. Print all translations of all candidate statements pursuant to above, in facsimile voter pamphlets, facsimile voter pamphlets will be in Spanish, c. Have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT – TRANSLATIONS. The candidate shall be required to pay the cost of translating the candidate’s statement into any required foreign language as specified in Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and/or State law.
The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement in an English in the main voter pamphlet.
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters shall estimate the total cost of printing, handing, translating, and mailing the candidate’s statements to be filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voters rights Act of 1965, 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 his or her statement included in the voter’s pamphlet. 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 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 Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate’s representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination petitions are issued.
SECTION 5. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidate’s statements are repealed.
SECTION 6. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024.
SECTION 7. 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 this 5
th day of June 2024.
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Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, at a regular meeting therefore held on the 5 th day of June, 2024 by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 5
th day of June, 2024.
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
(SEAL)