R 3927
RESOLUTION NO. 3927
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
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 statement.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande as
follows:
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 Arroyo Grande on November 7, 2006, 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 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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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 five p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
2. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials
in the sample ballot package.
3. FOREIGN lANGUAGE POLICY.
a) An amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Section 203, determined that the
County of San Luis Obispo and cities therein are not required to provide voting
materials in the minority language as of June 25, 1984.
b) Each candidate has the option of having the candidate's statement translated and
printed into the Spanish language in the sample ballot.
c) The City Clerk shall have translated those statements into the Spanish language as
requested by the candidate.
d) The City Clerk shall have printed those translations into the Spanish language of
candidates who so request printing in the sample ballot.
4. PAYMENT.
a) The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement in English in the sample ballot.
b) The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating and printing the
candidate's statement in the Spanish language in the sample ballot.
c) The City Clerk shall require payment for the costs incurred for such services before
authorizing the expenditure of funds for Spanish translation and printing purposes.
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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.
4. That this Resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each
municipal election after that time, unless and until this Resolution is amended, replaced, or
repealed.
5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it
into the book of original Resolutions. .
On motion of Council Member Arnold, seconded by Council Member Costello, and on the
following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Council Members Arnold, Costello, Dickens, Guthrie, and Mayor Ferrara
None
None
the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted on this 13th day of June, 2006.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS T~ CONTENT:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
I, KELLY WETMORE, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis
Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that Resolution
No. 3927 is a true, full, and correct copy of said Resolution passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande on the 13th day of June
2006.
WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 15th day of
June 2006.
VLL-
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