RESOLUTION NO. 2022-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING
TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
JUNE 7, 2022
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 candidates statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TORRANCE, 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 Torrance on June 7, 2022 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECT ION 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of Los Angeles. The County is required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Khmer, Japanese, Thai, Hindi, Armenian, Farsi, Gujarati, Indonesian and Telugu or other currently required languages as of the date of this resolution.
B. The County will print and mail sample ballots and candidates statements to all voters. The County will mail separate sample ballots and candidates statements in a required language to only those voters who are on the county voter file as having requested a sample ballot in a particular language. The County will make the sample ballots and candidates statements in the required languages available at all vote centers, on the County's website, and in the Election Official's office.
SECTION 3 PAYMENT
A. Translations :
1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified in subsection (A) or subsection (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and\or State law.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any foreign language that is not required as specified in subsection (A) of Section 2 above, pursuant to Federal and\or State law, but is requested as an option by the candidate. 1 B. Printing:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in English in the sample ballot. If the candidate wishes their candidate statement to also be printed in Spanish in the English sample ballot, the candidate will be required to pay for the translation and printing cost.
2. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language required in subsection (A) of Section 2 above, in the sample ballot.
3. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language requested by the candidate per subsection (B) of Section 2 above, in the sample ballot.
4. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language required by subsection (A) or subsection (B) of Section 2 above, in the facsimile sample ballot or as noted in the most current Los Angeles County Candidate Handbook and Resources Guide.
The candidate is required to pay in advance to the local agency SECTION 4 MISCELLANEOUS
A) All translations shall be provided by professionally-certified translators.
B) The City Clerk shall allow bold type, underlining, capitalization, indentations, bullets, and leading hyphens to the same extent and manner as allowed by the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder with enhanced words not to exceed 25 words or as noted in the most current Los Angeles County Candidate Handbook and Resources Guide.
C) 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
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
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 this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on June 7, 2022 and shall then be repealed.
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That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
INTRODUCED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 25th day of January 2022.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Patrick Q. Sullivan, City Attorney Rebe~ Clerk
TORRANCE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2022-03
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF TORRANCE
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I, Rebecca Poirier, City Clerk of the City of Torrance, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly introduced, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Torrance at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of January, 2022 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCI LMEMBERS
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
Ashcraft, Chen, Kalani, Griffiths, Mattucci, Walser, and Mayor Furey.
None.
None.
None.
City Clerk of the City of Torrance
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