These conditions vitally concern the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to aid producers in preventing economic waste in the marketing of their commodities, to develop more efficient and equitable methods in the marketing of commodities and to aid producers in restoring and maintaining their purchasing power at a more adequate, equitable and reasonable level.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 58652
General Provisions
Known as the The California Marketing Act
The act spans §§ 58601–59293 (223 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 4th 468 - Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. Lyons (2000)
Most recently applied in 24 Cal. 4th 468 - Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. Lyons (November 2000)
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.