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RESOLUTION NO. 6892
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
NOVEMBER 8, 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 CYPRESS 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 Cypress on November 8, 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statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers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.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of Orange. The County is
required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages:
Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
B. The County will print and mail separate voter information guides and candidates
statements in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese to only those voters
who are on the county voter file as having requested a voter information guide in
a particular language. The County will make the voter information guides and
candidates statements in the required languages available at all polling
places/vote centers, on the County's website, and in the Election Official's office.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates
statement into any required foreign language as specified in (A) and/or (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 (A)
and/or (B) of Section 2 above, pursuant to Federal and/or State law, but is
requested as an option by the candidate.
B. Printing:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates
statement in English in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates
statement in a foreign language required in (A)of Section 2 above, in the main
voter pamphlet.
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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 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 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 Clerk may require the candidate to pay the
balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk shall prorate the excess
amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the
election.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS. All translations shall be provided by professionally-
certified translators. 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 voter information guide.
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 all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for
candidates statements are repealed.
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, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress,
California, at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of June 2022.
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I, ALISHA FARNELL, 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 13th day of June 2022; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Marquez, Minikus, Peat, Hertz-Mallari and Morales
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY C ERK44-1/41-HE ITY OF CYPRESS