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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-104
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES’ STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 2026
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 13307 authorizes the City Council to adopt
regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a nonpartisan elective office in
the city, including costs of the candidates’ statements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitation is true and correct.
2. That the proposed action is not a “project” as defined by the California Environmental
Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) and
does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3)
because the act of approving regulations pertaining to candidates’ statements is an
organizational or administrative government activity that will not result in direct or
indirect physical changes in the environment.
3.GENERAL PROVISIONS. Each candidate for nonpartisan elective office to be voted for
at the general municipal election to be held in the City of Carlsbad on Nov. 3, 2026,
may prepare a candidate’s statement on an appropriate form provided by the City
Clerk’s Office. 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. 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 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may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers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 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
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4.FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY
A.Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, each candidate’s statement will be
translated into all languages required by the San Diego County Registrar of
Voters. The Registrar of Voters is required to translate candidate’s statements
into the following languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese.
B.All translations shall be provided by professionally certified translators.
C.The Registrar of Voters will print and mail separate sample ballots and
candidates’ statements in Spanish, Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese to only
those voters who are in the county voter file as having requested a sample
ballot in a particular language. The Registrar of Voters will make the sample
ballots and candidates’ statements in the required languages available at all
vote center locations, on the county’s website and in the Election Official’s
office.
5.ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
6.PAYMENT. The City Clerk or designee shall estimate the total cost of printing,
handling, translating as specified, and mailing the candidates’ statements filed
pursuant to the Elections Code, including costs incurred as a result of complying with
the Federal Voting Rights Act and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in
advance the candidate’s estimated pro rata share of $1,100 for district seats and
$1,200 for at-large seats, as a condition of having the candidate’s statement included
in the voter information guide. The estimated amount 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 and the number of registered voters in the city. Accordingly, the City Clerk
or designee 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.
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7.Each candidate shall pay a $25.00 fee at the time the nomination papers are filed in
the City Clerk’s Office. The City Clerk’s Office shall provide each candidate, or the
candidate’s representative, a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions
are issued.
8.This Resolution shall apply only to the general municipal election to be held on
Nov. 3, 2026.
9.The City Clerk or designee shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad on the 9th day of June, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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