RESOLUTION NO. CC-2210-081
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
MARCH 7, 2023 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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RESOLUTION NO. CC-2210-081
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES’
STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION CONSOLIDATED WITH THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR THE ELECTION ON MARCH 7, 2023.
WHEREAS, §13307 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 candidate’s statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §13307 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 Redondo Beach on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 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 any reference to another candidate or to another candidate’s qualifications, character, or activities; party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be of uniform type size, style and spacing, using block paragraphs and single space format. Text submitted indented or centered will be typed on block paragraph form. Entire statements in all capital letters, bold and italics (or any combination of enhancements) are not acceptable. Enhanced words that are printed in boldface type, underscored and/or CAPITALIZED are to be clearly indicated. The pronoun “I” is not counted as an enhanced word. The statement shall be in typewritten form and electronic (Microsoft Word) format using Times New Roman in 11 point size, made up of block paragraphs, and shall be emailed to the Office of the City Clerk in advance of filing nomination documents. All statements should be checked by the candidate for spelling and punctuation as the elections official is not permitted to edit any material contained therein. It is recommended that dashes or hyphens at the end of a line are not used. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:30 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates’ statements into the following language(s): Spanish.
B. Pursuant to state law, the candidate’s statement must be translated and printed (in the voters’ pamphlet) in any language at the candidate’s request.
C. The City Clerk shall
1. Translations:
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ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
MARCH 7, 2023 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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(a) Have all candidate statements translated into the languages specified in (A) above.
2. Printing:
(a) Print an English only voter pamphlet to be mailed to all voters. (b) Print any translations of candidate’s statement in language(s) required for the City who so requests printing in the main voter pamphlet. - the main voter pamphlet will be an English pamphlet, also containing candidate statement translations in Spanish if requested by the candidate.
(c) Have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
(d) Print and mail a separate voter pamphlet in Spanish or the language(s) required for the City to only those voters who are on the county voter file as having requested a voter pamphlet in a particular language.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate’s statement into Spanish as specified in (A) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal law.
B. Printing:
1. English only. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement in English in the main voter pamphlet as follows:
a) District Candidates - A $350.00 deposit is required at the time of filing. b) City-wide Candidates – A $1,300.00 deposit is required at the time of filing.
2. Additional printing in Spanish. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement in Spanish required in (A) of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet, if requested, as follows:
(a) District Candidates – A $350.00 deposit is required at the time of filing in addition to the fee required in (B) of Section 3 above for a total of $700.00 (English and Spanish printing in voter pamphlet).
(b) City-wide Candidates – A $1,300.00 deposit is required at the time of filing in addition to the fee required in (B) of Section 3 above for a total of $2,600.00 (English and Spanish printing in voter pamphlet).
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 local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter’s pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, 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 45 days of the election.
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SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. All translations shall be provided by professionally-certified translators.
B. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other matters relating to elections.
SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
A. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the voter pamphlet.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidates’ statements are repealed.
SECTION 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on March 7, 2023 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 9. 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 this 11th day of October, 2022. ______________________________
William C. Brand, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. CC-2210-081
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. CC-2210-081 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 11th day of October, 2022, and there after signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk