San Mateo County Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) infestation eradicated
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- Category: California News
Half Moon Bay, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner’s office have eradicated a Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) infestation centered in and around the City of Half Moon Bay, ending a 56-square-mile quarantine that began November 24, 2017.
Happy National Farmers Day From CDFA
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Here in California, harvest is practically a rolling, year-round occurrence. It’s just one of the many blessings of this wonderful place if you’re a farmer. It’s fitting, though, that National Farmers Day comes at the traditional harvest time of year. The bustle and excitement of this season remind us that farmers are much more than what they produce from the land. They are innovators and scientists, and lifelong students of nature. They are risk-takers and investors, in the broadest sense of those terms. They are equally adept at the wheel of a tractor, at the reins of a horse, at the keyboard of a computer, or simply wielding a fence tool and some baling wire. They are stewards of the land and teachers of generations of farmers to come.
We Must Be Forward-Thinking in Antitrust Regulation and Enforcement
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- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, Wednesday presented recommendations to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to advance antitrust enforcement and consumer protection. The attorneys general submitted the comment letter as part of the FTC’s public hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. The hearings focus on whether broad-based changes are required for the enforcement of consumer protections. In the letter, the multistate coalition offered perspective on the status of antitrust enforcement issues, including potential threats and new opportunities.
Attorney General Becerra and LA County Sheriff McDonnell Announce Operation Dual Force to Remove Weapons from Our Streets
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Los Angeles, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell Tuesday announced Operation Dual Force, a coordinated effort to remove illegally possessed weapons and ammunition from individuals in the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS) database. The joint operation, which is expected to be completed in December 2018, has successfully closed 227 APPS cases, 35 of which resulted in arrests. Investigators seized 111 firearms, including seven assault weapons, 56 handguns, 21 shotguns, 24 rifles, and three lower receivers. In addition, the operation seized over 27,647 rounds of ammunition, 50 high-capacity magazines and 106 standard-capacity magazines.
Attorney General Becerra Files Amicus Brief in California Supreme Court Opposing Unaffordable Money Bail
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San Francisco, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Tuesday filed an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court case In re Kenneth Humphrey. Humphrey had been detained in the San Francisco jail while awaiting trial because he was unable to afford the $350,000 bail set by the San Francisco Superior Court.
ALRB Officially Certifies Gerawan Workers’ “No Union” Vote
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- Written by Laurie Greene
- Category: California News
Fresno, California - The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) officially certified that a majority of the valid ballots from the November 5, 2013, election that were counted five years later in Fresno on September 18 were cast as "No Union." In addition, the ALRB concluded that "the United Farm Workers of America thereby lost its prior status as the exclusive representative of the employees for the purpose of collective bargaining."
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