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Los Angeles County, CA April 5, 2005 Election
Measure CharterAmendment-01
Rules of Interpretation for Designated Terms
City of Glendale
Charter Amendment

10,953 / 70.9% Yes votes ...... 4490 / 29.1% No votes

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Shall Article I, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Glendale be added to provide for a gender neutrality clause and three other rules which establish the meaning of designated terms in the Charter?

Impartial Analysis from City Attorney Scott H. Howard
This proposed amendment provides for the rules of interpretation in the Charter, in that references to the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter. It further provides for three additional rules of interpretation: singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive. The Charter currently has no similar provision.

  
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Arguments For Measure CharterAmendment-01
This proposed amendment facilitates interpretation of and clarifi es sections in the Charter with references to the masculine gender, in that it provides that a reference to the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.

It further provides clarity by adding rules of interpretation for references regarding the singular number including the plural and vice versa, and defining "shall" as mandatory and "may" as permissive. The Charter currently has no similar provision. This section will facilitate Charter interpretation and the amendment process, in that this single reference will negate the need to provide a wholesale amendment of the Charter for references such as "he/she."

BOB YOUSEFIAN, Mayor

RAFI MANOUKIAN, Council Member

FRANK QUINTERO, Council Member

DAVE WEAVER, Council Member

(No arguments against Measure CharterAmendment-01 were submitted)

Full Text of Measure CharterAmendment-01
Sec. 2. Rules of Construction. For the purposes of this Charter, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.

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