{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-2516","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 2516","heading":"","body":"This part shall not apply to grocery establishments that will be located in geographic areas designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert, based on the original food desert measure contained in the Food Access Research Atlas, provided that both of the following apply:\n(a) More than six years have elapsed since the most recent grocery establishment was located in the area designated as a food desert.\n(b) The grocery establishment stocks and during normal business hours sells fresh fruit and vegetables in amounts and of a quality that is comparable to what the establishment sells in its three geographically closest stores, which are located outside of the food desert.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","PART 9.5. Grocery Workers [2500. - 2522.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"73c065e6f9f6f181a4a214b79586cbe4be16e813b4f999ad673e7388161eaa8c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-2512","next":"us-ca/lab-2517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}