RES-2024-052RESOLUTION NO. 2024 - 052
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California requires
that the governing body of a local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by
any candidate running for office in a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's
statement.
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
DOES RESOLVE DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
That pursuant to Section 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 Anaheim on
November 5, 2024 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 themselves. The statement shall not include any 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 same 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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, except as provided in Section 13309 of the Elections Code of the State of
California.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
1. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all
languages required by the County of Orange. The County is required to translate the
candidate's statements into the following languages in addition to English:
Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese
2. The Orange County Registrar of Voters shall have all candidate statements translated into
the languages specified in Section 2.1 above and print all translations of candidate
statements in the voter's information guide and these translations shall be made available
at all polling places/vote centers and in the Office of the City Clerk, upon request.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT
The City Clerk shall provide the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidate statements filed pursuant to this resolution, 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 pro rata share as a condition of having
his or her statement included in the voter's information guide. The City 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 candidates to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund
the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
SECTION 5. 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 6. All previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidate's
statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and
enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim this 1 Ph day of June, 2024, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Kurtz, Diaz,
Leon, Rubalcava, Faessel and Meeks
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CITa0NAHEIM
By:OF ITY OF ANAHEIM
CIT CL RK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2024-052 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim
City Council held on the 11th day of June, 2024 by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Kurtz, Diaz, Leon, Rubalcava, Faessel and
Meeks
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of June, 2024.
CITY E OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)