Summary
Berkeley is updating its city code to ditch gendered words like "manhole" for inclusive terms like "maintenance hole." It's a quick linguistic update to make local government feel welcoming to everyone.
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Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
This change costs basically nothing, just a bit of administrative time to update the paperwork.
✅Who benefits
Anyone who feels left out by old-school, male-centric language in local laws gets a nice nod of inclusion.
⚠️Who could be affected
No groups negatively affected
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