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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-160
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AT THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 5,
2024
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California allows each
candidate for elective office to prepare a candidate statement of no more than 200 words on a
form provided by the elections official; and
WHEREAS, Section 13307 and the Federal Voting Rights Act require the elections
official to include the written statements of each candidate in the voter information guide, with
translation into all languages required by the County of San Diego; and
WHEREAS, Section 13307 permits the governing body of any local agency to estimate
the total cost of printing, handling, translating, mailing, and electronically distributing these
candidate statements and to require each candidate filing such a statement to pay in advance their
estimated pro rata share as a condition of having their statement included in the voter
information guide.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California,
each candidate for elective office running in the primary municipal election and the special
runoff election to be held in the City of Chula Vista on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, may prepare a
candidate 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
herself. The statement shall not include the 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 during normal business hours, as posted, no sooner than Monday, November 13, 2023, and
no later than Friday, December 8, 2023. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,
during the stated period and until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2023.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of San Diego. The County is required to
translate candidate statements into the following languages: Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese, and
Chinese (traditional). The County will print, mail, and make available voter information guides
and candidate statements in applicable languages as required.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling,
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 their estimated pro
rata share as a condition of having their statement included in the voter information guide. The
estimate shall be an approximation of the actual cost and may be significantly more or less than
the estimate. Accordingly, the City is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro-rata basis, bill
each candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final
actual cost.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall provide each primary municipal election candidate,
resolution at the time their nomination
papers are issued. The City Clerk shall provide each special runoff election candidate, or the
, with a copy of this resolution at the time the candidate statement form
is issued. An electronic copy is sufficient to meet this requirement.
SECTION 5. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the voter
information packet.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC Jill D.S. Maland
City Clerk Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
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California, this 17 day of October 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2023-160 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
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regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 17 day of October 2023.
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Executed this 17 day of October 2023.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk