RESOLUTION NO. 24-91
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AT THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California allows each candidate for elective office to prepare a candidate statement of no more than 200 words on a form provided by the elections official; and WHEREAS, Section 13307 and the Federal Voting Rights Act requires the elections official to include the written statements of each candidate in the voter information guide, with translation into all languages required by the County of Orange; and WHEREAS, Section 13307 permits the governing body of a local agency to estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, mailing, and electronically distributing these candidate statements and to require each candidate filing such a statement to pay in advance their estimated pro rata share as a condition of having their statement included in the voter information guide.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office running in the general municipal election to be held in the City of San Clemente on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, may prepare a candidate 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 the 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 during normal business hours, as posted, no sooner than Monday, July 15, 2024, and no later than Friday, August 9, 2024. The statement may be withdrawn but not changed during the stated period and until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 12, 2024.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of Orange. The County is required to translate candidate statements into the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. The County will print, mail, and make available voter information guides and candidate statements in applicable languages as required.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates’ statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, 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 their estimated pro rata share as a condition of having their statement included in the voter information guide. The estimate shall be an approximation of the actual cost and may be significantly more or less than the estimate. Accordingly, the City is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro-rata basis, bill each candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate’s representative with a copy of this resolution at the time the nominating petitions are issued. An electronic copy is sufficient to meet this requirement.
SECTION 5. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the voter information packet.
SECTION 6. All previous resolutions establishing City Council policy concerning payment for Candidate Statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. 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 _____ day of ___________, 2024.
MAYOR of the City of
San Clemente, California
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 24-91 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the __________day of ___________, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2024.
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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