SEC. 3.202. CONSTRUCTION.

This section directs courts to interpret the chapter broadly to achieve its goals, while protecting employee organizational activities under state and federal law, and stating that procedural errors that don't affect the Board's jurisdiction over ethics will not invalidate the chapter's effects.

The rules in this chapter should be read in the way that best achieves their purpose. However, nothing here prevents workers or union representatives from doing activities that are protected by California law, the U.S. Constitution, or other laws. Also, small mistakes or oversights in following procedures won't undo the chapter's rules, unless those mistakes actually interfere with the city's ability to enforce ethics rules.

• Complex:The section combines a broad construction rule, a carve-out for protected labor activities, and an exception for procedural errors, requiring readers to hold multiple concepts in mind.
• Could be simpler:The phrase 'No error, irregularity, informality, neglect or omission' could be shortened to 'minor procedural errors' without losing meaning, and the double negative structure ('shall not avoid the effect') could be stated positively.

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