B. Nomination Period. The nomination period for regular elections shall be pursuant to Elections Code Section 10407, or Section 10220 for special elections.
C. Nomination Papers. Nomination papers are to be completed pursuant to Elections Code Division 8, Part 1, Chapter 1, Article 2, relating to local elections.
1. Requirements of Registered Voters Signing Nomination Papers. Registered voters signing nomination petitions for a member of the city council shall be residents of the district from which the member is to be elected. Registered voters signing nomination petitions for mayor shall be residents of the city of Sacramento.
2. Filing Fee. There is no filing fee for filing nomination papers for city elective office.
D. Statement of Economic Interests. Pursuant to the Political Reform Act, Government Code Section 87201, a Statement of Economic Interests Form 700 is required to be filed at the same time as filing nomination papers.
E. Statement of Candidate's Qualifications.
1. Application of General Law. This section permits the city to recover from the candidate all pro rata costs to the city of printing, handling, translating and mailing such statement.
2. Payment of Costs. All costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing, and all other costs associated with the statement shall be paid by the candidate.
As a condition of inclusion of the candidate's statement in the voter's pamphlet, the city clerk may require each candidate to prepay a prorated share of the said costs, at the time that the statement is filed with the city clerk. Prepayment shall be in cash or by a cashier's check in the amount of the prorated estimated costs. In the event that the prepayment exceeds the actual costs charged, the excess shall be refunded within thirty (30) days of the election. In the event that the prepayment is insufficient to cover all costs charged, the additional charges shall be billed to and paid by the candidate after the printing and distribution of the statements.
3. Alternative Procedure in Case of Indigency. If the candidate executes under penalty of perjury, at the time of filing the statement with the city clerk, an affidavit or declaration of indigency on a form to be furnished by the city clerk, no prepayment of costs shall be required of the candidate.
Any candidate not required to prepay because of indigency shall be required to reimburse the city for all prorated costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing the statement. Payment shall be due after the printing and distribution of the statements.
4. Length of Candidate's Statement. The length of any candidate's statement as to his or her education and qualifications filed for any municipal election pursuant to Section 13307 of the California Elections Code shall be limited to no more than two hundred (200) words. (Ord. 2002-016; prior code § 62.01.003)