What is the test for "reasonable and common sense interpretation" under the California Civil Code of Civil Procedure Act?

[230 Cal.App.3d 962] In interpreting the subject statute, we are bound by general rules of statutory construction. These require the statute be "given a reasonable and common sense interpretation consistent with the apparent purpose and intention of the lawmakers, practical rather than technical in nature, which application will result in wise policy rather than mischief or absurdity. [Citations.]" (DeYoung v. City of San Diego (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 11, 18, 194 Cal.Rptr. 722.)