CC RESOLUTION 5339RESOLUTION NO. 5339
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY'S
NOVEMBER 8, 2022 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo resolves as follows:
SECTION 1: 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.
SECTION 2. General Provisions. 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 El Segundo 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statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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 3, Foreign Language Policy.
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated
into all languages required by the County of Los Angeles. The County is required
to translate candidate statements into the following languages: Spanish.
B. The County will print and mail voter information guides and candidate statements
to all voters in Spanish or the County will mail separate voter information guides
and candidate statements in Spanish to only those voters who are on the County's
voter roll or other files as having requested a voter information guide in a particular
language. The County will make the voter information guides and candidate
statements in the required languages available at all vote centers, on the County's
website, and in the election official's office.
SECTION 4: Payment.
A. Translations:
1. The candidate must pay for the cost of translating the candidate statement into
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any required foreign language as specified in Section 3 above pursuant to
federal and\or state law.
2. The candidate must pay for the cost of translating the candidate statement into
any foreign language that is not required as specified in Section 3 above,
pursuant to federal and\or state law, but is requested as an option by the
candidate.
B. Printing:
1. The candidate must pay the cost of printing the candidates statement in English
in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate must pay the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language required in subsection A of Section 3 above, in the main voter
pamphlet.
3. The candidate must pay the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language requested by the candidate per subsection B of Section 3
above, in the main voter pamphlet.
4. The candidate must pay the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language required by subsection A of Section 3 above, in the facsimile
voter pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidate 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 5: Miscellaneous.
A. All translations shall be provided by professional, certified translators.
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B. The City Clerk shall allow (bold type) (underlining) (capitalization) (indentations)
(bullets) (leading hyphens) to the same extent and manner as allowed in previous
City elections.
C. 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 6: Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the voter information guide.
SECTION 7: The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's authorized
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 8: All previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidate statements are repealed.
SECTION 9: This resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at
each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 10: This resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 8,
2022 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 11: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
SECTION 12: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and
remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
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PASSED AND ADDOPTED this
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARK D. HF-NSLEY, CITY ATTORNEY
Joaquin Vquez, Deputy City Attorney
day of � 2022.
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rew Boyles, Mayor
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5339 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 7t" day of June, 2022, approved and signed by the Mayor,
and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk,
Council Member Nicol and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this I day of June, 2022.
Tracy Weaver, i I y C t Clerk
of the City of El Segundo,
California