HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2026-21RESOLUTION NO, 2026-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026.
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 DIAMOND BAR,
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 Diamond Bar on November 3, 2026 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during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.
Section 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. Pursuant
to the
Federal Voting Rights
Act, candidates'
statements will be
translated
into all
languages required
by
the
County of
Los
Angeles.
B. The County will print and mail voter information guides and candidates'
statements to only those voters who are on the county voter file as having
requested a voter information guide in a particular language. The County will
make the voter information guides and candidates' statements in the required
languages available at all vote centers, on the County's website, and in the
Election Official's office.
Section 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
Resolution No, 2026-21
1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates' statement into any required foreign language as specified in
(A) and/or (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and\or State law.
B. Printing:
1. The candidate shall
be
required
to
pay for the cost of printing the
candidates' statement
in
English
in
the
main
voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall
be
required
to pay for the
cost of printing the
candidates' statement
in
Spanish,
in the
main
voter
pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidates' statements filed pursuant to this section, 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 estimated
pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's
pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an
approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may
be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of
candidates filing statements. Accordingly, 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 City
Clerk may require the candidate 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. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. All translations shall be provided by professionally -certified translators.
B. The City Clerk shall allow bold type, underlining, capitalization, indentations,
bullets and/or leading hyphens to the same extent and manner as allowed in
previous City elections.
C. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth
by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and
other matters relating to elections.
Section 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the voter information guide.
Section
6.
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.
Resolution No. 202&21
Section 7. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment
for candidates' statements are repealed.
Section 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
November 3, 2026 and shall then be repealed.
Section
9.
That
the
City
Clerk shall
certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter
it into
the
book
of original
resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16t" day of June, 2026.
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
ru.
Stev Tye, Mayo
ATTEST:
I, Kristina Santana, City Clerk for the City of Diamond Bar, hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution, was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar at a regular meeting held on the 16t" day of June, 2026, by the following
vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
NOES:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
Chou, Liu, Teng, MPT/Low, M/Tye
None
None
None
Kristina Santana, City Clerk
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