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DPR director outlines staff increases, new committees, grants and reevaluation work
Summary
DPR Director Karen Morrison told lawmakers the agency has grown staff, launched SPARC and advisory bodies, increased grant funding for sustainable pest management, and is advancing multiple reevaluations including paraquat and total release foggers.
Director Karen Morrison summarized DPR's implementation steps under AB 2,113 and the Sustainable Pest Management roadmap, noting a 2024 budget expansion that added 120 positions and a phased increase in the mill assessment. She said DPR "awarded over $5,000,000 to a range of innovative projects" to support alternative pest management and has approved SPM continuing education for pest control professionals.
Morrison described operational changes intended to speed registration: transitioning from paper to an electronic system and reorganizing registration staffing, which she said has made the registration process "2 times faster for most products and 4 times faster for our most complex reviews" while maintaining scientific rigor. On enforcement and reevaluation, she said DPR conducts oversight inspections of county programs, is reviewing enforcement response regulations, and is maintaining active reevaluations including paraquat and total release foggers.
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