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WIIE AS, California Elections Code section 13307 provides the governing body of
any local agency shall adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including costs of each candidate statement.
I�®dV, TME F®ISE, BE IT IZES®LVED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay,
California:
SECTI®1`1 1. General Provisions. Pursuant to California Elections Code section 13307, each
candidate for elective office to be voted for at the Consolidated General Municipal Election to be
held in the City of Morro Bay on November 8, 2016, may prepare a candidate's statement on an
appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age, and
occupation of the candidate and a brief description, not exceeding 200 words, of the candidate's
education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself/herself. Such statement shall
not include parry affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. The statement shall be filed in the City Clerk's Office 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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.
SECTI®N 2. Foreign Langua eg PolicY. Candidates have the option to have their statement
translated into Spanish at an additional cost. Spanish translation will be performed by the
County of San Luis Obispo prior to publication.
a. Each candidate is required to pay for the cost of printing his/her candidate
statement in English and Spanish in the voters' pamphlet.
b. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing each candidate statement filed pursuant to this section, including costs
incurred as a result of a candidate choosing to translate a statement into Spanish,
and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the City of
Morro Bay his/her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having hislher
statement included in the voters' pamphlet. The estimate is an approximation of
the actual cost that varies from one election to another and the actual cost may be
significantly more or less than the estimate, depending upon 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 each candidate for additional actual
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expense, or refund any excess paid, depending upon the final actual cost. In the
event of underpayment, the City Clerk shall require the candidate to pay the
balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, within 30 days after
the election, the City Clerk shall pro -rate the excess amount among the candidates
and refund to each candidate his/her share of the excess amount.
SECTION 4. Additional Materials. No candidate is permitted to include additional materials in
the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate, or his/her representative, acopy of
this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 6. All previous resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment for
candidate statements are hereby rescinded.
SECTION 7. This resolution applies only to the election to be held on November 8, 2016, and
shall then be rescinded.
SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Resolution is effective on the day of its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 14�' day of June, 2016 by the following vote:
AYES: Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
J e L. Irons, Ma or
ATTEST:
�M�� SDrs
Dana Swanson, City Clerk
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