California Department of Pesticide Regulation

**Mission and Vision** **Our Mission:** We protect human health and the environment by fostering sustainable pest management and regulating pesticides. **Our Vision:** Pest management that is safe, effective, and sustainable for all Californians and our environment. **Our Core Organization Values:** Our values are standards for how we work and apply ourselves in carrying out our mission and achieving our goals. **Accountability** We hold ourselves accountable to all Californians through transparency and engagement in advancing our mission of protecting human health and the environment. **Collaboration** We foster relationships and build partnerships through consultation, engagement, and collaboration – internally and externally. **Continuous Improvement** We engage in ongoing and continuous learning, innovation, and improvement in our work to best serve Californians. **Integrity** We hold ourselves to a high standard of integrity in our objective scientific review processes and other actions, in our decision making, and through our engagement with others. **What We Do** Our work includes: - Evaluating pesticides for potential risks, and impacts to people and the environment, and for efficacy, before they are registered for use in California. - Continuously evaluating pesticide risks and impacts following registration. - Mitigating risks to people and the environment. - Protecting worker health and safety. - Enforcing pesticide use laws and regulations. - Advancing the availability and adoption of sustainable pest management. DPR is one of six boards, departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).