HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5880 RESOLUTION NO. 5880
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988
WHEREAS, Section 10012 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 HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 . GENERAL PROVISIONS . That pursuant to Section
10012 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 Huntington Beach on November 8, 1988, 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 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may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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
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after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2 . SPANISH LANGUAGE . The City Clerk shall have all
candidates statements translated and available upon request in
the City Clerk 's office.
SECTION 3 . ADDITIONAL MATERIALS . No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
SECTION 4 . PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the
total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the
candidates statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, and
require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his
or her pro rata share as a condition of having his or her
statement including in the voter ' s pamphlet . The City Clerk
shall bill each candidate for any cost in excess of the deposit
or shall refund within 30 days of the election any unused portion
of the deposit .
SECTION 5 . 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 6 . That all previous resolutions establishing
council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7 . That this resolution shall apply only to the
election to be held on November 8, 1988, and shall then be
repealed.
SECTION 8 . That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the
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book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON June 6 , 1988 .
ayor
ATTEST: APPRO /ASTO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
APPROVED: INITIATED BY: /
City Administrator City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day
of June 19 88 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, Green, Finley, Mays, Winchell, Bannister
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
ABSTAIN: Erskine
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of. the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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