Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 59824

In any such research, the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of California and the program committee shall cooperate in selecting the research projects to be carried on from time to time. Insofar as practicable, the projects shall be carried out by the College of Agriculture, but if the dean of the college and the marketing program committee determine that the college has no facilities for a particular project or that some other research agency has better facilities for it, the project may be carried out by any other research agency which is selected by the dean and the marketing program committee.