HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-128RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 128
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
WHEREAS, Section 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'
statements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER 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
an election to be held in the City of National City, California on Tuesday, November 3, 2020,
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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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 6:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination
period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidates' statement must be translated and
printed in Spanish.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended) and the
Memorandum of Agreement between the County of San Diego and the United States
Department of Justice dated June 23, 2004, the City is required to translate candidates'
statements into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese,
and Vietnamese.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates' statements translated into the
language specified in (b) above.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language. The City Clerk shall estimate the
total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates' 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
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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 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
City Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the City Clerk shall pro -rate the excess amount among the candidates and
refund the excess amount paid within 30 days following the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5. COPY OF RESOLUTION. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate
or the candidate's representative with a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating
petitions are issued.
SECTION 6. REPEAL OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS. All previous resolutions
establishing Council Policy on payment for candidates' statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. APPLICABILITY. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be
held on November 3, 2020, and shall then be deemed repealed.
SECTION 8. CERTIFICATION BY CITY CLERK. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution, and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
ATTEST:
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 2020.
Alejandra Sotelo Solis, Mayor
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Michael R. Dalla, Cit Jerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
June 16, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City CI rk of the City of N tional City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-128 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on June 16, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy