Legal Opinion
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Department of Food & Agriculture
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 29, 2005No. A107088PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REARDON, Acting P. J.
There is no doubt that the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWS), a primary vector of Pierce’s disease to crops in this state, is a threat to California agriculture, especially grapevines. Winegrape production in California has a total direct and indirect annual impact on the state’s economy in excess of $33 billion. (Food & Agr. Code, § 6292, subd. (c).)
Respondent California Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA) began operating an emergency program to control Pierce’s disease and the GWS in 2000. In May 2003 the DFA certified a final environmental impact report for…
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