Website Policies
Website Linking Policy
The City of Claremont has established this website as a "nonpublic forum" whose primary purposes are to facilitate communication between the City and the public, provide an alternative method for conducting certain business with the City, and the dissemination of information related to policies, programs, and services provided by, either in full or in part, and/or administered by the City.
Since this website is a nonpublic forum, the City reserves the right to grant or deny requests to establish links from this website to websites controlled or maintained by other entities or individuals. Decisions to grant or deny requests for such links will be based on compliance with at least one of the following criteria and whether the link advances the primary purposes of the City's website as stated above.
A hyperlink from the City's website may be allowed provided the hyperlinked site:
- is maintained by a state, local, or federal government agency, a local school or library board, or a quasi-governmental agency (i.e., water district or sanitation district) with jurisdiction in all or part of Claremont;
- is maintained by a private educational institution operating within the City of Claremont and that is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or similar state, regional, or national accrediting organization;
- is maintained by a not-for-profit charitable, recreational, or cultural organization serving the Claremont community and receives direct financial support from the City of Claremont;
- is maintained by a not-for-profit recreational organization that is party to a valid "Sports Facility Use Agreement" with the City of Claremont;
- is maintained by a public provider of a utility service for customers within Claremont, or;
- is maintained by a qualified candidate running for an elected office of the City of Claremont in the next election. Qualified candidate is defined as any person who meets the criteria for being a candidate, either on the ballot or as a write-in candidate, as contained in the California Elections Code.
Links shall NOT be made to any website that:
- is maintained by any political party, or;
- is maintained by any organization whose primary purpose is to, or that spends a substantial amount of time and/or resources to, support or seek to defeat any candidate for elected office or any ballot proposal.
