24-1425RESOLUTION NO. 24-1425
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE
PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MATERIALS FOR
CANDIDATES AND COSTS PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 13307 provides that the governing
body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any
candidate for a Municipal Election, including the costs thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. General Provisions. That pursuant to California Elections Code Section
13307, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the General Municipal
Election to be held in the City of Menifee on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, may prepare a
candidate statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such statements
may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no
more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications
expressed by the candidate themselves. In that City Council offices are non -partisan,
such statements shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership
activity in the partisan political organizations. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 13307,
such statements may not include a reference to any other candidate. Such statements
shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers
are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the
City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement to be included
in the voter's pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot to each registered voter in the
City, if the candidate requests such statement in Spanish. (In compliance with the
amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, Public Law 94-73, August 6,
1975.)
SECTION 3. Payment. The City Clerk shall require a candidate filing a statement to pay
a deposit in advance as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voters'
pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any cost in excess of the deposit
and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit.
SECTION 4. Formatting. The City Clerk shall allow italics, underlining, bullets, and
capitalized words in candidate statements. Bold type is prohibited in candidate
statements.
SECTION 5. State Standards. 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.
City of Menifee
Setting Candidate Fees
SECTION 6. Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials to the sample ballot package.
SECTION 7. Copies. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative with a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination petitions are issued.
SECTION 8. Repeal. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on
payment for candidate statements are repealed.
SECTION 9. Application. That this resolution shall apply to the election to be held on
November 5, 2024 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 10. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution, shall enter the same into the book of original Resolutions of the City of
Menifee.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 5th day of June 2024.
ATTEST:
e anie Roseen, Acting City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM.
Melching, feity Att6rney
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Bill Zimrner6jqh,4ayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF MENIFEE )
I, Stephanie Roseen, Acting City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
foregoing City Council Resolution No. 24-1425 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 5tn Day of June 2024 by the following vote:
Ayes:
Estrada, Karwin, Sobek, Zimmerman
Noes:
None
Absent:
Deines
Abstain.
None
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4eanLieRoseen, Acting City Clerk