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RESOLUTION NO. 3422
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
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 CYPRESS,
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 Cypress, California, on Tuesday, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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 of filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have
translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the candidates
statements of those candidates who request translation and printing,
the cost of which will be borne by the candidates.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in the sameple 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 rate
share as a condition of having his or her statement included 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 at the next ensuing
municipal election and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original
Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 27th day of June 1988.
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ATTEST- OR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said City Council held on the 27th day of June 1988;
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Davis, Kanel, Mullen and Arnold
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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