BILL NUMBER: AB 38	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        DECEMBER 3, 2012

   An act relating to food and agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 38, as introduced, John A. Pérez. The California Food, Farms,
and Jobs Act.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture,
which is tasked with, among other things, promoting and protecting
the agricultural industry of the state, and seeking, enhancing,
protecting, and perpetuating the ability of the private sector to
produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and
economy of the state. Existing law also establishes the California
Healthy Food Financing Initiative for the purpose of promoting
healthy food access in the state.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish the California Food, Farms, and Jobs
Act, for the purpose of improving state programs that support local
and regional farm and food system infrastructure, expanding access to
healthy foods for consumers, and creating new job growth and
economic development through increasing the number of direct and
retail markets.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that would enact
legislation to establish the California Food, Farms, and Jobs Act,
which would improve state programs that support local and regional
farm and food system infrastructure, expand access to healthy foods
for consumers, and create new job growth and economic development
through increasing the number of direct and retail markets.