Section 11520 - Implementation of sustainable pest management(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is important for California to implement sustainable pest management.(b) In order to achieve the goal described in subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that the state do all of the following:(1) Prioritize prevention and strengthen California's commitment to pest prevention by doing both of the following fundamental actions:(A) Proactively preventing the establishment of new invasive pest species through a significant expansion of the state's biosecurity and invasive pest mitigation system.(B) Proactively eliminating pest-conducive conditions both in agricultural and urban settings.(2) Coordinate state-level leadership by doing all of the following:(A) Creating an accountable and connected leadership structure so that the state effectively embeds sustainable pest management principles across agencies.(B) Identifying ways to improve coordination within and between agencies and programs for both agricultural and urban pest management.(C) Enhancing the ability to champion sustainable pest management practices in urban and agricultural settings.(D) Prompting the development of alternatives by encouraging research and innovation.(3)(A) Invest in building sustainable pest management knowledge by significantly reinvesting in sustainable pest management-focused research and outreach so that all pest management practitioners have equal and adequate access to the support and resources necessary to develop and implement their own sustainable pest management system in a way that effectively manages pests, minimizes adverse impacts to humans and the environment, and is economically viable.(B) In agricultural pest management, subparagraph (A) includes securing a significant increase in sustainable pest management-trained technical advisers and funding for sustainable pest management research and outreach and increasing human capacity for those programs in ways that reflect and serve the diversity of California farms and agricultural producers.(C) In urban pest management, subparagraph (A) includes expanding funding and infrastructure for urban sustainable pest management research, innovation, and outreach to align with and reflect the volume and impacts of pesticides used in urban contexts, which requires providing adequate dedicated annual funding for urban-focused academics, research, and extension.(4) Improve California's pesticide registration processes and bring more alternative products to market by doing all of the following:(A) Creating mechanisms to improve the department's registration review process and to prioritize and expedite safer, more sustainable products.(B) Requiring the department's processes to reflect the goals of sustainable pest management and requiring the department to provide clarity on its scientific review and decisionmaking process for both registrants and the public.(C) Requiring the department to improve its processes for evaluating pesticides that are already registered.(5) Enhance monitoring and data collection by significantly expanding and fully funding health and environmental monitoring infrastructure, data collection, and interpretation, which will enable the state to accurately track pesticide-related human illnesses and the presence of pesticides in land, water, air, biota, and structures and provide pesticide-use data and information needed for sound regulatory decisions.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 11520
Added by Stats 2024 ch 60 (AB 2113),s 5, eff. 7/2/2024.