Treatment begins in Porterville June 20 on more than 300 infested properties. On June 27, treatment commences on about 55 properties in the Sunnyside area of Fresno. Plans are made for an additional 60 properties in Clovis. On July 7, seven GWSS are found in the Rancho Cordova area, east of Sacramento where 480 residential properties are found to be infested. CDFA files emergency regulations establishing a statewide standards for the GWSS program July 17.
New regulations affect movement of nursery stock and bulk grapes.
On July 25, officials in Tulare County find GWSS at a property in Kingsburg along Highway 99. Sacramento County officials begin treatment of the 480 properties in Rancho Cordova with carbaryl applied to woody plants and trees. The Pierce's Disease Advisory Task Force meets to discuss ongoing activities and adds three new members, including California Farm Bureau Second Vice President Paul Wenger, a farmer from Modesto. GWSS are found on residential property in Brentwood in Contra Costa County. Additional surveys show 200 properties to be infested.