RES-2020-049 RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 0 4 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
WHEREAS, §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.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM,.
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
That 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 Anaheim on November
3, 2020 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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 except
as provided in §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 candidate statements into the following languages:
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 all candidate statements into voter information guides and these translations shall
be made available at all polling places 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's 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 pamphlet. The City Clerk is not bound by the cost
provided and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expenses depending
on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the City Clerk may require the candidate
to pay the balance of the cost incurred.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the voter information
guide.
SECTION 5. That 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. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for
candidate statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
November 3, 2020.
SECTION 8. That 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 9th day of June, 2020, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes, Brandman,
Moreno, Kring, and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2020-049 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim
City Council held on the 9th day of June, 2020 by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes, Brandman, Moreno,
Kring and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of June, 2020.
CITY CLE K OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)