AB 1960 Summary

• Establishes the California Grown Act by adding Article 17 to the Food and Agricultural Code relating to marketing California-grown agricultural commodities

• Declares that marketing California-grown fruits, nuts, and vegetables within the state is essential to ensure adequate food supplies, fair returns for producers, fresh local food access, and reduced transportation emissions

• States that marketing California-grown agricultural commodities is affected with public interest and enacts provisions under the state's police powers to protect health, safety, and general welfare

• Encourages all state-owned and state-run institutions to purchase California-produced fruits, nuts, and vegetables before out-of-state products, provided the California product price does not exceed the lowest out-of-state bid