Nice way to protect your produce industry from imported goods.
Actually that is to protect crops that they grow in California from pest that may be on the fruit from other states. Overall not a bad thing.
Protect the country from the pests California farmers infect us with.
That’s the excuse just as the excuse of the airlines (dating back 30 years) is to ask for ID for “safety”. Didn’t prevent the 9-11 attacks but it did keep travelers from profiting by selling their return trip tickets when round trips were cheaper than one-way tickets.
It’s protectionism. No other states do this. I’d need to be shown some independent study that all of the other states have such dire problems from an orange being brought across state lines.