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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-162
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 A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
4,2008
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides thatthe
governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any
candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City OfChula Vista as
follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California,
each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the Special Municipal Election to be held in the
City of Chula Vista on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 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 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 no sooner than Monday,
July 14 and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 8, 2008. The statement may be withdrawn, but
not changed, during the stated period and until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 11,2008.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating,
and mailing the candidates' statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, 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 his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of
having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The estimate isjust an approximation
of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or
less than the estimate. Accordingly, the City Clerk 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 3. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate, or the candidate's representative,
a copy of this Resolution at the time his or her candidate's statement is filed.
SECTION 4. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample
ballot package.
SECTION 5. . The City Clerk shall certifY to the passage and adoption ofthis resolution and
enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Resolution No. 2008-162
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Donna R. Norris
CMC, Interim City Clerk
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of July 2008 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda
ATTEST:
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Cheryl Cox, yor1
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, Interim City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk ofChula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2008-162 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 8th day of July 2008.
Executed this 8th day of July 2008.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, Interim City Clerk