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RESOLUTION No. 75-/jloo
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMIT`T'ED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980.
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
thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, 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 the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Costa Mesa
on April 8, 1980, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided
by the City Clerk. Such 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 expessed by the candidate himself. Such statement
shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity
in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the office
of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such
statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate.the total cost of print-
ing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant
to the Elections Cade, 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
included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any
cost in excess of the deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or candidate's
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said
City; and shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which
the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December, 1979.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cost sa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of the Ci of Cos sa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution
No.} -/yip was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at
a regular meeting thereof, held on the 17th day of December, 1979.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have herunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 18th day of December, 1979.
CAity Clerk and ex -officio Clerk f the
City Council of the City of Co4fa Mesa