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RESOLUTION NO. 82-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,
1982.
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, CALI-
FORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 10012 of
the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elec-
tive office to be voted for at the General Municipal Election to be held
in the City of Costa Mesa on November 2, 1982, may prepare a candidate's
statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such state-
ment 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. 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 nomi-
nation 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not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 printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's state-
ment 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 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
the 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 origi-
nal 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 21st day of June, 1982.
ATTEST:
Cirty Clerk of the City of Costa r
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Mayor of the City of Coto Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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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. 82-56 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on
the 21st day of June, 1982.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 22nd day of June, 1982.
Ci y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cost esa