Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 79407

The Legislature further finds and declares that the programs specified in Section 79406, including this commission, greatly benefit the nursery industry, and as such, advance the interests of the State of California by providing substantial employment for the state’s citizens, producing needed tax and fee revenues for the support of state and local government, encouraging responsible stewardship of valuable agricultural resources and the environment, and producing substantial quantities of nursery products for the state, nation, and world.