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Counties struggle with new abandoned orchard law
abandoned orchard
Removing leftover nuts after harvest remains crucial to controlling the navel orangeworm. Although a new state law empowers agricultural commissioners to fine owners of pest-ridden abandoned properties, counties have struggled to enforce the rules.
A coalition of agriculture advocates that successfully pushed for stronger enforcement against abandoned orchards and vineyards last year is now frustrated that the law they championed—Assembly Bill 732—has yet to be enforced.