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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1979-9890Revised 12-12-79 RESOLUTION NO. 9890 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 AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 8th DAY OF APRIL, 1980 The City Council o£ the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, the general municipal election for the City of Chula Vista will be held on April 8, 1980, and WHEREAS, any candidate for municipal office must file no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 1980, and WHEREAS, at such time as nomination papers are taken out by various candidates, said candidates may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form as provided by the City Clerk in accordance with Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California, including the name, age, occupation of said candi- date and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications, and WHEREAS, in compliance with recent amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975), the City shall pay the expense of translating the candidates' state- ments into Spanish which translation shall be available in the office of the City Clerk for anyone desiring to obtain a copy thereof, and WHEREAS, if the candidate requests that such translation be included in the mailing, such costs as well as the costs of hand- ling o£ other materials to be included in the mailing, shall be borne fully and exclusively by the candidate. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that the following regulations are adopted as the regulations of the City of Chula Vista pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California: 1. Each candidate shall be allowed to prepare a candi- date's statement on a form provided by the City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista not to exceed 200 words in accordance with the Elections Code provisions as set forth above. 2. The City does hereby accept the cost of translating said candidates' statements which statement shall not be sent out with sample ballots (unless otherwise requested by the candidate) but will be available from the office of the City Clerk. 3. The City Clerk shall carefully screen such statements and shall reject any statement which makes references to partisan political affiliation which does not conform fully to the require- ments of uniformity of size, darkness and spacing of type and which contains any obscene, vulgar, profane, scandalous, libelous or defamatory matter, or any language which in any way incites, counsels, promotes or advocates hatred, abuse, violence or hostility toward, or which tends to cast ridicule or shame upon any person or group of persons by reason of sex, race, color, religion or manner of worship, or any language or matter the circulation of which through the mails is prohibited by Congress. 4. The City Clerk shall reject any candidate's statement which is not printed in a uniform print in the manner and custom normally observed in the printing of the English language. There shall be no italics, nor underscoring, nor capitalization of words except as customarily observed. All candidates will be clearly aware that the statements will be uniform and identical in printing style to that prepared by any other candidate. 5. The City Clerk is hereby empowered to proceed in Small Claims Court as necessary to secure payment of any sum owing to the City of Chula Vista by virtue of the services provided herein fif- teen days following the mailing of the charges levied with respect to the candidate's statement. 6. The City Clerk is authorized to bill each candidate providing a candidate's statement for the services set forth above within fifteen days following the date on which the City Clerk receives the actual cost breakdown of said printing, handling and translating of a candidate's statement. 7. These regulations shall apply equally to all candi- dates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista is authorized and hereby directed to undertake all other activities necessary to comply with the provisions set forth above. Presented by Approved as to form by en ie M. Fulasz, ity Cle G~~ Lindberg, Cif At ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 13th day of December , 197 g , by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Hyde McCandliss Gillow, Cox _~ NAYES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen Scott (~c},c~2.Q ~ ~.1y,~ Mayor of the City of Chula Vista ATTE~ City C erg STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA) I~ , City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, Ca i ornia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. 9890 , and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED City Clerk ~ ~~ ° -2-