Who may complete a Voters Registration Form?
Anyone who is:

• A citizen of the United States;
• A resident of Contra Costa County
• Is or will be 18 years of age or older by the next election;
• Is not in prison or on parole for a felony conviction
  

Who should complete a Voters Registration Form?
Anyone who meets the above criteria and:

• Is not now registered in the County;
• Has changed his/her place of residence since registering;
• Wishes to change his/her political party; or
• Has changed his/her name since last registering.
  

When must I register so I can vote in the next election?
You must be register 15-days before the date of the election.

How do I get proof of Voter Registration?
The City Clerk's Office issues transcripts certifying voter registration for $5.00 each. Contact the City Clerk's Office and the following information: Full name, address, place and date of birth. If you are not currently a registered voter, complete a voter registration form, submit it to the City Clerk, and a transcript will be prepared for you.

When can I put up signs and what are the requirements?
CITY OF BRENTWOOD TEMPORARY OR PORTABLE SIGNS PERMITTED

The following temporary or portable signs shall be permitted provided they conform to the applicable special requirements and are not otherwise prohibited pursuant to Section 17.640.010:

POLITICAL SIGNS.

1. Signs may be erected on each property which may express the property owner's opinion on one or more measures or candidates. No sign shall be erected or maintained upon the property of another without first obtaining permission from owner of said property,

2. Sign area shall not exceed eight square feet in any "R" or "A" zone or the MHP or OS Zone and sixteen square feet in all other zones,

3. Signs may be erected for a period of forty-five days prior to and five days following the election to which they relate,

4. The placement of signs in any public right-of-way or on public property shall be prohibited and signs so placed shall be summarily abated,

5. No political sign shall be attached to any utility pole or wire appurtenance thereof, fence, street lamppost, hydrant, tree or shrub,

6. No sign, or any part thereof, shall be supplied with electrical power for any purpose unless a no-fee building permit is first obtained from the city,

7. Any sign erected on private property which is not in conformance with this section may be declared a public nuisance and be removed by the city five days after giving written notice to the property owner,

8. Any sign removed pursuant to subdivisions 4 and 7 of this subsection may be recovered by its owner by paying a ten dollar service charge per sign. Signs held by the city following an election shall be considered abandoned and disposed of by the city without liability, 9. No sign over three feet in height located on private property shall be erected at the intersection of any street or within the segment created by drawing an imaginary line between points fifty feet back from where the curb lines of the intersection quadrant intersect;

POLITICAL SIGN REGULATIONS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

In the matter of Political Sign Regulations in the Unincorporated Areas of Contra Costa County:

With the exception of signs which are located on the legal Commercial Outdoor Advertising Structures, all political signs placed in areas under the jurisdiction of the Contra Costa County Community Development Department are regulated by Contra Costa County Ordinance Code title 8, Division 88, Chapter 88-6, as follows:

Article 88-6 Section 88-6.810 Political Campaign Advertising

Political signs may be erected or displayed before an election until ten days after the election inclusive. These signs may not be erected in the right-of-way of any state highway, county highway, or public road or street. (Ords. 92-36)

Other sections relating to sign placements throughout Contra Costa County:

Article 88-6.8 Section 88.6.812 Sign – On Utility Poles

No person shall post, place, attach, erect, or maintain any sign, poster, advertisement, or any material or object of any kind on a pole, post, wire, or structure maintained under a franchise by a public utility of public service corporation in the right-of-way of any county or public highway.

The director of public works may issue permits for the posting of notices required by law, by order of any court of by the board of supervisors and shall require, as condition of permit, that the notice be removed within the ten days after the expiration of the period for which the notice is being given.

Article 88-6.8 Section 88.6.618 Sign- Intersection

No outdoor advertising structure, except Type IV signs, shall be erected or maintained in such a location of position that operators of motor vehicles who are within one hundred feet of the intersection of any public road with any other public or any railroad will not have a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection and of any traffic on all roads or railroads entering the intersection for a distance of one hundred feet along all the roads or railroads, but if the sight distance at the intersection is already obstructed by building, structure, vegetation, or topography, then the outdoor advertising structures may be located within one hundred feet of the intersection, so long as they do not constitute additional obstruction of sight distances.