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Sunnyvale committee prioritizes gender-neutral drafting as charter review begins
Summary
Committee members and staff discussed converting charter pronouns to gender-neutral language, citing a prior ballot proposal and drafting guidance from the Uniform Laws Commission.
Committee members placed early emphasis on making the Sunnyvale City Charter gender-neutral and clarified how those edits should be drafted for voter review.
Member Vickrey, who raised the Uniform Laws Commission's drafting guidance, told the committee that the commission "has a specific rule, which is, use gender gender neutral language. And the next sentence is don't use pronouns. The way to avoid, having to…
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