[tz] California keeps DST (to help its crops grow?!)

[Paul Eggert]

Today the California Senate rejected Assembly Bill 385, which would have placed 
a measure on the state ballot asking voters whether to cancel daylight saving 
time. This is the bill that prompted me to fix some historical inaccuracies in 
tzdata's Los Angeles entry a few days ago.

Sen. Jim Nelson (R-Gerber) voted against the bill, arguing that farmers benefit 
from DST. He said, "Our crops have gotten accustomed to that. They've in fact 
been bred to deal with that longer harvest season."

You just can't make this stuff up....

Koseff A. Effort to roll back daylight saving time defeated in California 
Senate. Sacramento Bee 2016-08-23 [misdated as 2016-08-22]. 
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article97483107.html