Jim Costa actually said...

"I think the fact that we detected fruit flies 12 times this year, and were able to quickly respond to those and eradicate those, shows how good the detection systems are."

"This has impacted farm communities, farm workers, and farmers."

"For over 20 years, we have had an increasing layer of regulatory requirements that have reduced the water supply from 90 percent to 40 percent."

"this is not only a social economic injustice issue that so many people in the San Joaquin Valley, 4 million people, have been impacted because their very existence is threatened by whether or not they..."