We are not persuaded by the argument. Canons of statutory construction City’s are meant to provide guidance in interpreting a statute. However, they “ ‘are “merely aids to ascertaining probable legislative No single canon of statutory intent.” [Citation.] construction is an infallible guide to correct interpretation in all circumstances.’ ‘[The canons] are tools to assist in interpretation, not the formula that always determines it.’ ” (Medical (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 1001, 1013, fn. omitted.) Board v. Superior Court Aside from pointing out that the Legislature utilized different language in sections 3505 and 3507, the City does cite to actual evidence in the legislative history that statutes’ would indicate that the Legislature intended for them to have different meanings. Furthermore, decision did not state the two duties were indistinguishable from PERB’s each other. Rather, PERB held that the consultation in good faith requirement was very similar to the duty to meet and confer. decision also conforms to its prior precedent. The City argues that in San PERB’s (1977) EERB Dec. No. 22E [1 PERC ¶ 369] (San Dieguito Union High School Dist. PERB analyzed the duty to consult under the Educational Dieguito), employer’s Employment Relations Act (EERA) (§ 3540 et seq.) and interpreted this duty differently. We disagree. The City misreads decision in which found the duty to San Dieguito, PERB’s consult under the EERA was equivalent to the duty to and as used under “ ‘meet confer’ ” the now-repealed Winton Act. (San EERB Dec. No. 22E at p. 12, Dieguito, supra, fn. 11.) Under the Winton Act, and mean[t] that a public school “ ‘[m]eet confer’ employer, or such representatives as it may designate, and representatives of employee organizations shall have the mutual obligation to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals; and to make and consider recommendations under orderly procedures in a conscientious effort to reach agreement by written resolution, regulation, or policy of the governing board effectuating such (Ibid.) The language of this recommendations.”
We are not persuaded by the City’s argument. Canons of statutory construction are meant to provide guidance in interpreting a statute. However, they “ ‘are “merely aids to ascertaining probable legislative intent.” [Citation.] No single canon of statutory construction is an infallible guide to correct interpretation in all circumstances.’ ‘[The canons] are tools to assist in interpretation, not the formula that always determines it.’ ” (Medical Board v. Superior Court (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 1001, 1013, fn. omitted.) Aside from pointing out that the Legislature utilized different language in sections 3505 and 3507, the City does cite to actual evidence in the statutes’ legislative history that would indicate that the Legislature intended for them to have different meanings. Furthermore, PERB’s decision did not state the two duties were indistinguishable from each other. Rather, PERB held that the consultation in good faith requirement was very similar to the duty to meet and confer. PERB’s decision also conforms to its prior precedent. The City argues that in San Dieguito Union High School Dist. (1977) EERB Dec. No. 22E [1 PERC ¶ 369] (San Dieguito), PERB analyzed the employer’s duty to consult under the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) (§ 3540 et seq.) and interpreted this duty differently. We disagree. The City misreads PERB’s decision in San Dieguito, which found the duty to consult under the EERA was equivalent to the duty to “ ‘meet and confer’ ” as used under the now-repealed Winton Act. (San Dieguito, supra, EERB Dec. No. 22E at p. 12, fn. 11.) Under the Winton Act, “ ‘[m]eet and confer’ mean[t] that a public school employer, or such representatives as it may designate, and representatives of employee organizations shall have the mutual obligation to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals; and to make and consider recommendations under orderly procedures in a conscientious effort to reach agreement by written resolution, regulation, or policy of the governing board effectuating such recommendations.” (Ibid.) The language of this
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