CC Resolution No. 07-029
RESOLUTION NO. 07-029
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
SETTING A VOLUNTARY LIMIT OF $26,500 FOR THE
2007 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that candidates should make every effort to limit
overall expenditures in their respective City Council campaigns, thereby allowing both
candidates and office holders to spend a lesser proportion of their time on fundraising and a
greater proportion of their time communicating issues of importance to voters and constituents.
WHEREAS, the first expenditure limit was set in 1997, and increased in later years after
a series of postage increases and annexations to the city; and
WHEREAS, in January 2007, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 07-016 setting an
expenditure limit of $1 per registered voter. This amount was chosen based upon the assumption
that voter registration would continue to increase each year; and
WHEREAS, the actual number of registered voters in Cupertino was reduced by a purge
of inactive voters by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, and resulted in a voluntary
expenditure limit of $24,000, which was less than allowed in the previous election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1) The Cupertino City Council hereby repeals Resolution No. 07-016.
2) Candidates for City Council are requested to limit their campaign expenditures to
$26,500 for the City Council election of2007.
3) This request does not establish a recommended voluntary campaign expenditure
ceiling within the meaning of Government Code section 85400 et seq. It is the intent of the city
council, in adopting this resolution, not to trigger the enhanced campaign contribution limits
contained in Government Code section 85402(a) et seq.
4) In the event that any candidate wishes to abide by the campaign contribution limit
requested by the city council, he or she may file with the city clerk a written notice of his or her
intent to limit his or her campaign expenditures to $26,500 for the 2007 election, and such intent
will be indicated in the official voter's pamphlet.
5) The cost ~f printing and translating Candidate Statements shall not be counted
against the voluntary expenditure cap of $26,500.
6) The provisions of this resolution have no force of law.
Resolution No. 07-029
Cupertino City Council
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 6th day of February 2007, by the following vote:
Vote
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Members of the City Council
Wang, Kwok, Lowenthal, Mahoney, Sandoval
None
None
None
APPROVED:
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